Legal Opinion
Allred v. Moore & Peterson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1997No. 96-60083PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
The issue presented on this appeal is whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi had personal jurisdiction over five of the defendants in this diversity abuse of process/malicious prosecution case. The district court dismissed the case on the grounds that it lacked personal jurisdiction over all the defendants, Moore & Peterson, P.C., a Dallas, Texas law firm, and Paul R. Aiello, Mark David, and Gaynell C. Methvin, Texas residents and former members of Moore & Peterson (collectively the Texas defendants); Gravel, Brady & Berrigan,…
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