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· 9/5/1986

Steve Benny v. Danny Pipes and Charles Payne

Citations

  • 799 F.2d 489
  • 6 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1359
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 29441

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a “general appearance or responsive pleading by a defendant that fails to dispute personal jurisdiction will waive any defect in service or personal jurisdiction.”
  • noting that a federal court lacks personal jurisdiction over defendant unless 12 defendant properly served
  • noting that a federal court lacks personal 10 jurisdiction over defendant unless defendant properly served
  • noting that a federal court lacks personal jurisdiction over defendant unless 22 defendant properly served
  • “In a federal question case such as Benny’s 1 suit, federal procedural law indisputably controls.”
  • “A general appearance or responsive pleading by a defendant that fails to dispute personal jurisdiction will waive any defect in service or personal jurisdiction.”

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Judges: Pregerson, Poole, Noonan

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