G. D. Searle & Co. v. Cohn

A New Jersey statute, N. J. Stat. Ann. §2A:14-22 (West 1952), tolls the limitation period for an action against a foreign corporation that is amenable to jurisdiction in New Jersey courts but that has in New Jersey no person or officer upon whom process may be served. The United States, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in this case held that the statute does not violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. We agree, but we vacate the Court of Appeals’ judgment and remand the case for consideration of petitioner’s Commerce Clause challenge to the…