Legal Opinion
McCully-Smith Associates, Inc. v. Armour & Company
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 22, 1973No. Civ. A. 69-480PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TEITELBAUM, District Judge.
The threshold issue to the disposition of the pending motion of the defendant Daniel W. Smith to dismiss this diversity action (1) for failure to make proper service of process and, alternatively, (2) for failure to make service within the period of the applicable statute of limitations, is the nature of the action. The plaintiff contends that it is for tortious interference with a business relationship, while the defendant maintains, on the other hand, that it is for tortiously conspiring to and defaming the plaintiff’s business reputation. The significance…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- GLENN v. Point Park CollegeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Smyth v. Twin State Improvement Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1951
- Glazer v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Helmig v. Rockwell Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Michael Meyers, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association and Marion A. SteinbronnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Stateside MacHinery Company, Ltd., a Corporation Organized Under the Laws of Great Britain and Armin Speigel v. Joel M. AlperinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Action Industries, Inc. v. WiedemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Romeo v. LooksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Wenthe v. Willis Corroon Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1996
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