Legal Opinion
Thomson Information Services Inc. v. British Telecommunications, PLC
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 28, 1996No. C.A. 96-10819-JLTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, Chief Judge.
Thomson Information Services, Inc. (“Thomson/US”) brings this action against British Telecommunications, pic. (“BT”), a corporation of the United Kingdom with its principal place of business in London. Presently before the court is BT’s motion to dismiss on the alternative grounds that Thomson/US lacks standing to sue and that England is the proper forum for resolution of this dispute.
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BACKGROUND
The Thomson Corporation (“Thomson”), a Canadian corporation with its principal place of business in Toronto, owns approximately twenty-three affiliated companies engaged…
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