Legal Opinion
Douglas Battery Manufacturing Co. v. Taylor Auto Supply, Inc.
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided April 28, 1982No. C-81-240-WSPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HIRAM H. WARD, District Judge.
Plaintiff Douglas Battery Company, a North Carolina corporation, filed this action against Taylor Auto Supply, Inc., a Virginia corporation, seeking only a declaratory judgment of its own non-liability to defendant. On June 16, 1981, defendant moved the Court to dismiss this action for lack of personal jurisdiction over it, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2), which the Court will grant.
The defendant’s diminutive contacts with North Carolina are revealed in the parties’ affidavits and discovery. However, the na ture of the plaintiff’s claim shapes…
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