United States Seventh Circuit

District court has jurisdiction under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(k)(2) over plaintiff's fraud claim alleging a foreign defendant violated state and federal law by sending false and misleading communication to plaintiff's business partners, but court must still apply the forum non conveniens doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/18/2001
• Decided 07/06/2001
• Published 07/06/2001

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David A. Crossman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey P. DeJong (argued), Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.