Legal Opinion
Lex Tex Ltd., Inc. v. Skillman
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 22, 1990No. 89-570PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
In this certified question proceeding, we are asked to interpret the District of Columbia “long-arm” statute. D.C.Code § 13-423 (1989).
A Florida corporation has brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against a Pennsylvania attorney and the partners of his law firm, alleging malpractice in legal representation before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, located at all relevant times in the District of Columbia. The basis for alleging jurisdiction is our statute that provides that a District of Columbia court may…
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