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PEANUT CORP. OF AMERICA v. HOLLYWOOD BRANDS, INC.

No. 82-1574.

696 F.2d 311 (1982)

PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, International Marketing Associates, Inc., Respondents, v. HOLLYWOOD BRANDS, INC., Consolidated Foods Corporation, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Wood, III, Lynchburg, Va. (Bernard C. Baldwin, Jr., Edmunds, Williams, Robertson, Sackett, Baldwin & Graves, Lynchburg, Va., on brief), for petitioners.

S.J. Thompson, Jr., Lynchburg, Va. (Gregory P. Cochran, Caskie, Frost, Hobbs, Thompson, Knakal & Alford, Lynchburg, Va., on brief), for respondents.

Before WIDENER, HALL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

The appeal raises questions concerning the scope and constitutionality of Virginia's long-arm statute. Va.Code § 8.01-328.1 et seq. The district court, in a diversity case, had denied the motion of Hollywood Brands, Inc. ("Hollywood") to dismiss for lack of in personam jurisdiction. The district court found, however, that there was substantial ground for difference of opinion upon the issue and that an immediate...

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