Mississippi Valley Development Corp. v. Colonial Enterprises, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a defendant who submits 7 himself to the jurisdiction of the district court cannot later claim insufficient service
• holding that the defendant's filing of a motion to compel arbitration 'invok[ed] the power of the court' and waived the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction
• holding that the defendant's filing of a motion to compel arbitration 'invok[ed] the power of the court’ and waived the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction
• defendant who subjected himself to court’s jurisdiction and delayed about 16 months after allegedly defective service of process before raising jurisdictional defense waived any right to assert lack of jurisdiction defense
• defendant who subjected himself to court’s jurisdiction and delayed about 16 months after allegedly defective service of process before raising jurisdictional defense waived any right to assert lack-of-jurisdiction defense
• defendant who obtained extensions of time to file motion or answer, filed motion to compel arbitration, appealed denial of motion to compel arbitration, and obtained court approval of bond submitted to court’s jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).