Omni Capital International v. Rudolf Wolff & Co.
United States Supreme Court
484 U.S. 97 (1987)
Relevant factsFree
Omni impleaded British broker Wolff and its representative Gourlay in a fraud suit, but Louisiana's long-arm statute admittedly could not reach them and the Commodity Exchange Act contained no service-of-process provision authorizing service on them; the court of appeals held there was no valid basis for personal jurisdiction.
IssueFree
Whether a party to a case may be served with process when such service is not provided either by the long-arm statute or by an applicable statute.