McBREEN v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP.

No. 76-1411.

543 F.2d 26 (1976)

Peter J. McBREEN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1976.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. O'Laughlin, Edmund W. Sinnott, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Randall L. Mitchell, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SPRECHER and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment precludes subjecting the defendants to the in personam jurisdiction of the district court.

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Plaintiffs Peter J. McBreen a citizen of Illinois and Peter J. McBreen & Associates, Inc., an Illinois corporation, brought this diversity suit for libel against Beech Aircraft Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with its principal...

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