Legal Opinion
Harriett MacInnes and Malcolm D. MacInnes Individually and as Husband and Wife v. Fontainebleau Hotel Corp., Defendant-Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 25, 1958No. 24783_1PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
The defendant owns and operates a large resort hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. The plaintiffs, residents of Scars-dale, New York, allege that while guests in the hotel slanderous, false and defamatory statements about them were made in the hotel lobby by defendant’s agents. They brought this action m the federal court in the Southern District of New York and caused service to be made on an employee in defendant’s New York office. Defendant then moved to set aside the service on the ground that it was not doing business in New York. The court below granted the motion.
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