Legal Opinion
In Re New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust Litigation
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 4, 2004No. MDL 1532PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION
HORNBY, District Judge.
In this opinion I conclude that section 12 of the Clayton Act permits worldwide service of process upon alien corporate defendants in antitrust cases, and that the Fifth Amendment measures the constitutional adequacy of contacts by such defendants according to their contacts with the United States as a whole.
I. Summary
New motor vehicle purchasers and lessees claim that American and Canadian car manufacturers, distributors, dealers (although not named as defendants) and dealer…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. WoodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by22 opinions
- In Re New Motor Vehicles Can. Export Anti. Lit.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- MacKey v. Compass Marketing, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- Daventree Ltd. v. Republic of AzerbaijanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
- Merriman v. Crompton Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 2006
- In re Automobile Antitrust Cases I & IICalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
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