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SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO. v. DATELINE ELECTRIC CO.

No. 71-1344.

461 F.2d 897 (1972)

SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DATELINE ELECTRIC CO., Ltd., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merle L. Royce, II, Donald A. Mackay, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant; Leibman, Williams, Bennett, Baird & Minow, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Thomas R. Mulroy, John L. Conlon, Glen H. Kanwit, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee; Hopkins, Sutter, Owen, Mulroy & Davis, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

The question presented for review is whether a federal district court in Illinois acquired personal jurisdiction over an English corporation in a diversity action for breach of contract. The district court, 319 F.Supp. 772, in applying the Illinois "long arm" statute, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 110 § 17 (1969),1 held that jurisdiction over the defendant had not been acquired. We take...

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