Legal Opinion
Green v. Advance Ross Electronics Corp.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 30, 1981No. 53951PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Simon
This appeal involves the application of that part of the Illinois long-arm statute which relates to commission of tortious acts within this State (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110, par. 17(l)(b)). To be resolved is whether a corporation incorporated or headquartered in Illinois can, in an action claiming breaches of fiduciary duty, gain jurisdiction over a Texas resident who once served it as president and later as a consultant when all of the Texan’s corporate responsibilities, including the acts which allegedly injured the corporation, were performed outside Illinois. The principal position of…
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