Legal Opinion
Bernard Koteen v. Bermuda Cablevision, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 11, 1990No. 89-7114PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
This appeal presents the issue of whether a foreign corporation and its president, who retained the services of a District of Columbia law firm, had the minimum degree of contact with the District necessary for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to exercise personal jurisdiction over them in a suit arising from that contact. We hold that they had sufficient contact with the District, and that it is a fair and reasonable forum, as required by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
I. Background
The appellants are…
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