Legal Opinion
Lone Star Motor Import, Inc. v. Citroen Cars Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1961No. 18546_1PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question of validity of service of process on a nonresident corporate defendant effected by service on the Secretary of State pursuant to a recent Texas statute declaring that the entering into of a contract with a resident of Texas for partial performance there constitutes the requisite doing of, or engaging in, business. The District Court held that if applied literally to the making of the single contract (the breach of which was the subject of this suit) it would be a denial of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.1 Service of…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Vanderbilt v. VanderbiltSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by104 opinions
- Southern MacHine Company, Inc. v. Mohasco Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- John W. Dussouy, Jr. v. Gulf Coast Investment CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Product Promotions, Inc. v. Jacques Y. CousteauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- John H. Freeman, Jr., D/B/A Freeman Electric Gin Company v. Continental Gin CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Woods Exploration & Producing Company, Inc. v. Aluminum Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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