Hough v. Leonard

HODGES, Chief Justice,

with whom SIMMS, J., joins, concurring in part and dissenting in part:

I respectfully dissent to the majority’s resolution of the issue of jurisdiction.

As to the issue of jurisdiction, in Hanson v. Denckla, 357 U.S. 235, 78 S.Ct. 1228, 2 L.Ed.2d 1283 (1958), at page 253, 78 S.Ct. at pages 1239-40 the United States Supreme Court set out the following rule:

The unilateral activity of those who claim some relationship with a nonresident defendant cannot satisfy the requirement of contact with the forum State. The application of that rule will vary with the quality and nature…