Legal Opinion
Gray v. St. Martin's Press, Inc.
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided March 28, 1996No. Civil 95-285-MPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
McAULIFFE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Robert Gray, sues defendants, Susan Trento and St. Martin’s Press, Inc. (“St. Martin’s”), for defamation. Trento now moves to dismiss Gray’s complaint, Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2), on the ground that this court lacks personal jurisdiction over her. For the reasons discussed below, Trento’s motion is denied.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
This suit arises out of statements contained in a book, The Power House, Robert Keith Gray and the Selling of Access and Influence in Washington (“The Power House ”), which was authored by Trento and published by St. Martin’s in July…
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