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· 7/16/1982

Joseph Duris v. Erato Shipping, Incorporated Japan Line Limited Regent Botan Shipping, Inc. Pallas Shipping Agency, Ltd.

Citations

  • 684 F.2d 352
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 17381
  • 1983 A.M.C. 367

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that not imputing the contacts of a predecessor to a successor for purposes of personal jurisdiction “would allow corporations to immunize themselves by formalistically changing their titles”
  • permitting successor jurisdiction following merger noting \[a]ny other ruling would allow corporations to immunize themselves by formalistically changing their titles\
  • \Any other ruling would allow corporations to immunize themselves by formalistically changing their titles.\
  • “Any other ruling would allow corporations to immunize themselves by formalistically changing their titles.”
  • “if [plaintiff] can establish [the predecessor company’s] Ohio contacts sufficient to gain [personal] jurisdiction over [predecessor company], he may thereby gain jurisdiction over [the defendant successor company].”
  • “[a]ny other ruling would allow corporations to immunize themselves by formalistically changing their titles.”

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Judges: Dumbauld, Kennedy, Martin

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