Legal Opinion
David v. Weitzman
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 14, 1987No. Civ. N-87-237(JAC)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge:
BACKGROUND
The principal question presented is whether this court has personal jurisdiction over defendants whose sole contact with the forum state was to send into it by mail and telephone fraudulent misrepresentations. The action arises out of negotiations to purchase a condominium in Boca Rio, Florida. The plaintiff is a citizen and resident of Connecticut; the defendants — both individual and corporate — are citizens of Florida. Jurisdiction in grounded in diversity of citizenship,…
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