United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal for ineffective service and lack of personal jurisdiction in a suit involving withdrawal from a multiemployer pension plan is reversed and remanded for discovery on the matter of jurisdiction where plaintiffs established a prima facie case for general jurisdiction, and where the error in service was a curable defect.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/05/2006
• Decided 03/13/2006
• Published 03/13/2006

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Franczyk, Jr. (argued), Rosemont, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher E. Paetsch (argued), Brent I. Clark, Seyfarth & Shaw, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.