Legal Opinion
General Heat and Power Co., Inc. v. Diversified Mortgage Investors
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 22, 1977No. 76-1684PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, General Heat and Power Company, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, appeals from an order granting the motion of Diversified Mortgage Investors, a Massachusetts business trust, to dismiss the complaint against it for insufficiency of process. Service of process was attempted pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(e) and the Pennsylvania long arm statute, 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 8301-8310. The district court held that the attempt was ineffectual because Diversified was not subject to process under that statute. 1 We reverse.
The district court concluded that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Chapman v. BarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Elmer J. Jonnet v. Dollar Savings Bank of the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Reyno v. Piper Aircraft Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Emerald Investors Trust v. Gaunt Parsippany PartnersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
- Vespe Contracting Co. v. Anvan Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
- George A. Davis, Inc. v. Camp Trails Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Museum Boutique Intercontinental, Ltd. v. PicassoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
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