1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 404 A.2d
  5. 404 A.2d 564 (1979)
 

LABBE v. NISSEN CORP.

404 A.2d 564 (1979)

Emilien Richard LABBE et al. v. NISSEN CORPORATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

July 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster by John J. O'Leary, Jr. (orally), Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., Portland, for plaintiffs.

Thompson, Willard & McNaboe by Alan S. Polackwich (orally), Portland, for defendant.

Before POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.

NICHOLS, Justice.

This appeal presents a significant jurisdictional issue, and for us a novel one. The issue is the amenability of a non-consenting foreign corporation to a suit brought by Maine citizens in a Maine court upon a cause of action which arose beyond the borders of our state.

In the winter of 1975 Emilien Richard Labbe, of Lewiston, Maine, was stationed at a United States Air Force Base in Woodbridge, England. Living with him on that base were...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases