M & K WELDING, INC. v. LEASING PARTNERS, LLC

No. 04-1027.

386 F.3d 361 (2004)

M & K WELDING, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. LEASING PARTNERS, LLC, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa A. Wellman-Ally with whom Law Offices of Wm. Howard Dunn, P.C. was on brief for appellant.

Frank P. Spinella, Jr. with whom Hall, Morse, Anderson, Miller & Spinella, P.C. was on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior District Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to monitor what Judge John Brown, writing for us, termed "the heart of a federal court's ability to practice its trade, namely personal jurisdiction." Hugel v. McNell, 886 F.2d 1, 2 (1st Cir.1989). It is also the heart of a state court's legitimization, and in this case it is New Hampshire law that governs. In this case, the district court vacated a default judgment for...

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