Legal Opinion
Boston Medical Supply Co. v. Brown & Connolly, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 19, 1951No. Civ. A. 51-16PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, Chief Justice.
The defendant, Lea and Febiger, has filed a motion to quash the service of the summons and to dismiss the action against them for want of jurisdiction and of proper venue. Proper venue for a treble damage suit under the Clayton Act, section 4, is “any district court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent,” where such defendant is an individual or partnership as distinguished from a corporation. 15 U.S.C.A. § 15; cf. 15 U.S.C.A. § 22 as to corporations. Lea and Febiger, the moving party in this treble damage suit,…
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