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· 4/10/1987

Scott Turnock v. Arthur Cope, James Jones and George Auchterloine

Citations

  • 816 F.2d 332
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 4968

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that jurisdictional “allegations … are to be taken as true unless controverted by the defendants’ affidavits” (emphasis added and citation omitted)
  • explaining in the Rule 12(b)(2) context that “[t]he allegations in [the] complaint are to be taken as true unless controverted by the defendant[’s] affidavits; and any conflicts in the affidavits are to be resolved in [the plaintiffs’] favor”
  • although there was an economic injury, there was no intent to affect Illinois interests, because there were no fraudulent communications or meetings that took place in Illinois
  • complaint allegations uncontroverted by defendant's affidavit must be accepted as true

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Judges: Bauer, Cummings, Posner

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