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· 9/28/1973

Getter v. R. G. Dickinson & Co.

Citations

  • 366 F. Supp. 559
  • 18 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 43
  • 1973 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11718

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that given the absence of Eighth Circuit law on the issue, and based on reasoning set forth by other courts, “the better rule of law is that pendent personal jurisdiction should be allowed in a case where pendent subject matter jurisdiction is justified”
  • §§ 12(2) and 17(a) of 1933 Act, § 15(c)(1) of 1934 Act and Rule 10b — 5
  • the right to contribution “must be related to the cause of action pleaded in the complaint against the third-party plaintiffs”
  • defendant stock brokers who purchased from issuer and sold to plaintiff permitted to implead issuer
  • found sufficient contacts with Iowa to justify in personam jurisdiction under due process test where financials prepared by defendants traveled to Iowa and where one of the defendant accountants made a trip to Iowa in connection with disputed financials
  • section 12(2) of the 1933 Act

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Judges: Hanson

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