United States Third Circuit

Section 12 of the Clayton Act authorizes worldwide service of process upon foreign corporations independently of that statute's specific venue provision; personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation in antitrust litigation may be predicated on its contacts with the US as a whole; jurisdictional discovery from foreign nationals may proceed under the FRCP without first resorting to the Hague Convention.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/15/2003
• Decided 02/13/2004
• Published 02/13/2004

Judges

• Before ROTH, McKEE, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen Fishbein (Argued), Shearman & Sterling, New York, Edward W. Madeira, Jr., Matthew J. Hamilton, Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, Raymond A. Just, Shearman & Sterling, San Francisco, for Appellant., William T. Hangley, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudlin, Philadelphia, for Amicus-Appellant, Fedr. German Ind., James J. Rodgers, Dilworth Paxson, Philadelphia, for Amicus-Appellant, Fed. Republic Germany.


• For Appellees:
  
• Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. (Argued), University of Pennsylvania, The Law School, Philadelphia, Gerald J. Rodos, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, Warren Rubin,Law Offices of Bernard M. Gross, Philadelphia, Joseph C. Kohn, Robert J. LaRocca, Kohn, Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, Howard I. Langer, Columb, Honik & Langer, Philadelphia, for Appellees.