Legal Opinion
Riviera Trading Corp. v. Oakley, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 8, 1996No. 96 Civ. 4123 (RWS)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Defendant Oakley, Inc. (“Oakley”) has moved, pursuant to Rules 4 and 12(b)(2), Fed.R.Civ.P., and 28 U.S.C. § 1404, to dismiss or, in the alternative, to transfer the declaratory judgment action brought against it by Plaintiff Riviera Trading Corporation (“Riviera”) on the grounds that service of the summons and complaint was defective, this Court lacks personal jurisdiction over Oakley, and New York is an inconvenient forum for this litigation. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be granted in part and denied in part.
Parties
Oakley is a manufacturer…
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