LEWIS v. DIMEO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, 14-cv-10492-IT. (2015)
Court: District Court, D. Massachusetts
Number: infdco20150416b97
Visitors: 17
Filed: Apr. 15, 2015
Latest Update: Apr. 15, 2015
Summary: ORDER INDIRA TALWANI , District Judge . At the scheduled motion hearing on April 17, 2015, the parties should be prepared to discuss the constitutional limits of personal jurisdiction in light of the First Circuit's directive that—because the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that the Massachusetts longarm statute is coextensive with the constitutional limits on jurisdiction—this court may "sidestep the statutory inquiry" and proceed directly to the constitutional analysis. Day
Summary: ORDER INDIRA TALWANI , District Judge . At the scheduled motion hearing on April 17, 2015, the parties should be prepared to discuss the constitutional limits of personal jurisdiction in light of the First Circuit's directive that—because the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that the Massachusetts longarm statute is coextensive with the constitutional limits on jurisdiction—this court may "sidestep the statutory inquiry" and proceed directly to the constitutional analysis. Dayn..
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ORDER
INDIRA TALWANI, District Judge.
At the scheduled motion hearing on April 17, 2015, the parties should be prepared to discuss the constitutional limits of personal jurisdiction in light of the First Circuit's directive that—because the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that the Massachusetts longarm statute is coextensive with the constitutional limits on jurisdiction—this court may "sidestep the statutory inquiry" and proceed directly to the constitutional analysis. Daynard v. Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A., 290 F.3d 42, 52 (1st Cir. 2002) (quoting "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of Am. v. Seneca Foods Corp., 280 N.E.2d 423, 424 (Mass. 1972) ("We see the function of the long arm statute as an assertion of jurisdiction over the person to the limits allowed by the Constitution of the United States.")).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Source: Leagle
