Pacific Intermountain Express Co. v. Hawaii Plastics Corp., 75--1445

• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit
• Writing for the Court: Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, GIBBONS and ROSENN; PER CURIAM
• Citation: Pacific Intermountain Express Co. v. Hawaii Plastics Corp., 528 F.2d 911 (3rd Cir. 1975)
• Decision Date: 08 December 1975
• Docket Number: No. 75--1445,75--1445
• Parties: PACIFIC INTERMOUNTAIN EXPRESS CO., Appellant, v. HAWAII PLASTICS CORPORATION et al. . Submitted under Third Circuit Rule 12(6)

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528 F.2d 911

PACIFIC INTERMOUNTAIN EXPRESS CO., Appellant, v. HAWAII PLASTICS CORPORATION et al.

No. 75--1445.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Submitted under Third Circuit Rule

12(6) Dec. 8, 1975.

Decided Jan. 9, 1976.

Arthur L. Jenkins, Jr., Smith, Aker, Grossman, Hollinger & Jenkins, Norristown, Pa., for appellant.

William E. Taylor, III, Blank, Rome, Klaus & Comisky, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Leonard Dubin, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Hawaii Plastics Corp. and Frank W. S. Seto.

Spencer Ervin, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Plasti-Vac, Inc.

Joel Paul Fishbein, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Central Motor Lines, Inc.

Roger J. Harrington, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, IML Freight, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, GIBBONS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing plaintiff's complaint.

Plaintiff's complaint sought, inter alia, a declaratory judgment that it was not liable to any of the defendants for any damages claimed by certain of the defendants in an action brought by such defendants in the district court for the District of Hawaii. Thereafter, most of the defendants in this action filed pleadings raising the defense of lack of jurisdiction over the person and the subject matter. Certain defendants also raised lack of proper venue as a defense to the action....