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FITZSIMMONS v. BARTON

No. 78-1021.

589 F.2d 330 (1979)

Frank E. FITZSIMMONS, William Presser, Joseph W. Morgan, Roy L. Williams, Robert Holmes, Donald Peters, Frank H. Ranney, Walter W. Teague, Albert D. Matheson, Thomas J. Duffey, John F. Spickman, Herman A. Lueking, Jr., J. A. Sheetz, William J. Kennedy, Bernard S. Goldfarb and A. G. Massa, as Trustees of the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gerald G. BARTON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Spencer, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kenneth N. McKinney, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellee.

Before SPRECHER, TONE and BAUER, Circuit Judges.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from the district court's dismissal of one of the defendants in a federal securities fraud action for lack of in personam jurisdiction. The court concluded that the defendant did not have sufficient contacts with the State of Illinois to satisfy the Illinois Long Arm Statute, Ill.Rev.Stat., ch. 110, § 17 (1975), thus invalidating service effected on defendant in Oklahoma. We hold that the district court's application...

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