Legal Opinion
Dent v. Cunningham
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 19, 1986No. 85-5487PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Chief Judge.
In this diversity ease we must determine whether the district court properly applied the law of personal jurisdiction and the New Jersey borrowing rule for statutes of limitations. We determine the district court correctly found that it lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant Cunningham, and affirm its dismissal of that portion of the complaint. However, because we hold that the court incorrectly applied the California statute of limitations for personal injuries instead of the longer New Jersey statute, we reverse its dismissal of the claim…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1963
- Universal Minerals, Inc. v. C. A. Hughes & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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