HARRIS RUTSKY & CO. INS. SERV. v. BELL & CLEMENTS

No. 01-57053.

328 F.3d 1122 (2003)

HARRIS RUTSKY & CO. INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., d/b/a American Special Risk Insurance Services, a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BELL & CLEMENTS LIMITED; Bell & Clements (London) Limited, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Harbison, Argue Pearson Harbison & Myers, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause for the appellant. Thomas R. Schalow, Argue Pearson Harbison & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, and Andrew M. Polinsky, Dorais & Grattan, Goleta, CA, were on the briefs.

Phillip J. Eskenazi, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause for the appellee. Barry A. Chasnoff and Laura A. Hernandez, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, were on the brief.

Before REINHARDT, O'SCANNLAIN and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to decide whether a federal district court in California can properly exercise personal jurisdiction over London, England-based entities alleged to have interfered with a California corporation's contractual and business relations by their actions in Europe.

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Harris Rutsky & Co., dba American Special Risk Insurance Services ("ASR") is a California corporation, whose principal place of...

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