Legal Opinion

Heritage House Restaurants, Inc., Heritage House Smorgasbord of Oklahoma City, and Heritage House of Indianapolis v. Continental Funding Group, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 2, 1990No. 88-2716PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Heritage House Restaurants, Heritage House Smorgasbord of Oklahoma City, and Heritage House of Indianapolis (hereafter collectively “Heritage House”) appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their second amended complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over defendant-appellee Continental Funding Group, Inc. (Continental). For the reasons stated below, we reverse.

I

BACKGROUND

Heritage House’s second amended complaint and the three affidavits it submitted to the district court established the following facts relevant to the issue of…

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