Legal Opinion
Air Kaman, Inc. v. Penn-Aire Aviation, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 17, 1981No. Civ. H 81-254PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge:
In this action, a Connecticut corporation alleges the breach of a lease agreement, and invokes, the diversity jurisdiction of this court. The defendant, a Pennsylvania corporation, has moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over it.
On issues of this sort, the structure of the court’s inquiry is clear. A federal district court sitting in diversity must look to state law to determine if there is jurisdiction over a foreign corporation. This requires a two-tiered consideration of,…
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- Bank of Montreal v. KoughDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1977
- Gardner v. Braniff InternationalDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1970
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