Legal Opinion
Hughes v. AH Robins Co., Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 18, 1985No. 83-1298PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant seeks reversal of an order of the Superior Court dismissing her complaint for lack of in personam jurisdiction, and alternatively on the ground of forum non conveniens. Because the non-resident defendant’s contacts with the District of Columbia were not continuous and substantial, we hold that the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the assertion of in personam jurisdiction over it in this case. Therefore, we affirm the trial court’s order on that ground without reaching the forum non conveniens issue.
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Patricia Hughes, a Virginia resident who…
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