Legal Opinion

Leasco Data Processing Equipment Corp. v. Maxwell

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided October 30, 1972No. Nos. 278, 138-142, Dockets 71-1563, 72-1638-72-1640, 72-1611 and 72-1654PublishedCited by 194 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRIENDLY, Chief Judge:

This case, in which the plaintiffs (hereinafter collectively referred to as Leasco) seek large damages allegedly resulting from the purchase of shares of a British company on the London Stock Exchange, first came to our attention in October, 1971, on Leasco’s appeal from a judgment entered by Judge Lasker in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, 319 F.Supp. 1256, dismissing the complaint as against defendant Isidore Kerman, a London solicitor, for lack of jurisdiction over the person. Consideration of the questions presented by that appeal led us to…

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  4. United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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