United States Third Circuit

District court has personal jurisdiction over defendant boxer for breach of contract with promoter where the parties had repeated "informational communications" with, and sent contracts and payments to plaintiff's Philadelphia office, and defendant had benefits under Pennsylvania law, but lacked publication requirement to obtain personal jurisdiction for defamation action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/25/2001
• Published 01/25/2001

Judges

• Before:  SLOVITER, SCIRICA and ALITO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick C. Campbell, Jr. (Argued), Richard G. Phillips Associates, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Louis C. Ricciardi, Rodriguez & Richards, Philadelphia, PA, Lisa M. Sommer, Steven L. Baron (Argued), D'Ancona & Pflaum, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Appellees.