MFS SERIES TRUST III v. GRAINGER

No. 20020719.

96 P.3d 927 (2004)

2004 UT 61

MFS SERIES TRUST III (on behalf of MFS MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND), Merrill Lynch High Yield Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., Muniholdings Fund, Inc., Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, The National Portfolio, Merrill Lynch Municipal Strategy Fund, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., John Hancock Funds, Inc., and Putnam Investments, Inc., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. John R. GRAINGER, James R. Bullock, John W. Rollins, Jr., John W. Rollins, Sr., Leslie W. Haworth, David B. Thomas, Jr., Henry B. Tippie, James L. Wareham, Grover C. Wrenn, Michael J. Bragagnolo, Henry H. Taylor, Paul R. Humphreys, and Kenneth W. Winger, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott C. Walker, Provo, Richard M. Heimann, San Francisco, California, for plaintiffs.

Andrew G. Deiss, Michael W. Homer, Jesse C. Trentadue, Paul C. Farr, John D. Luthy, E. Barney Gesas, Walter A. Romney, Mark O. Morris, Salt Lake City, Terence H. Campbell, Chicago, Illinois, Carl E. Poli, Northbrook, Illinois, William R. Warne, Tory E. Griffin, Sacramento, California, Dhaivat H. Shah, Menlo Park, California, for defendants.

Kenneth W. Winger, defendant pro se.


DURHAM, Chief Justice:

¶ 1 Plaintiffs MFS Series Trust III, Merrill Lynch High Yield Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., Muniholdings Fund, Inc., Merrill Lynch Municipal Bond Fund, The National Portfolio, Merrill Lynch Municipal Strategy Fund, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., John Hancock Funds, Inc., and Putnam Investments, Inc. appeal the trial court's dismissal of their complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm, because defendants...

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