Holding that while some courts hold that Rule 12(b) motions must be made within the time period to file a responsive pleading, the rule itself only requires that such motions must be made before any allowed responsive pleading
Case No.: 13 C 00758 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 23, 2013) Cited 1 times
Asserting general jurisdiction where foreign defendant derived $29 million in revenue from Illinois in 2011, which amounted to twelve percent of its nationwide revenue for that year, although it was not registered to do business in Illinois
Stating that "[w]hile The Bremen was an admiralty case, set in an international context, its teachings are not limited to such cases . . . [l]ower federal courts have consistently applied The Bremen analysis to cases involving only domestic parties and causes of action other than admiralty"
In Roller Derby Associates v. Seltzer, 54 F.R.D. 556, the Court held that under Illinois law, actions by partnerships must be brought in the name of the partners, and not in the firm name.
Holding trial court properly permitted defendant to amend his motion to dismiss two days after original motion and nearly a month before the hearing on the motion