Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Fortune Seas, Ltd.
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided August 18, 1997No. IP97-0554-C H/GPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENTRY ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY
HAMILTON, District Judge.
In a diversity case based on an alleged contract, a nonresident defendant with no apparent contacts with the forum state moves to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. To what extent must the non-resident defendant submit to discovery requests that search for a contact with the forum state? Similar problems have troubled courts in a number of published opinions. In this case for breach of contract, plaintiff has failed to come forward with a colorable basis for this court to exercise jurisdiction over the person of…
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