Talmadge Dawkins and Versie Dawkins v. White Products Corporation of Middleville, Michigan, and Therm-O-Disc Incorporated

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

We have, once again, to determine just how long Mississippi's “long-arm statute” for service on non-residents is intended by the courts of Mississippi to reach. The Trial Court, 317 F.Supp. 53, determined that the statute had been construed by the state courts in a manner that would leave to Mississippi residents considerably less than the maximum reach permitted under the federal constitution. We conclude that the trial court misconceived the thrust of the decisions by the Supreme Court of Mississippi since the state legislature amended the statute in 1964 and reverse.

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