Legal Opinion
M. C. Edwards v. The Associated Press
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 25, 1975No. 74-2018PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNNE, District Judge:
This case raises, once more, the question of the length of Mississippi’s long-arm statute. The trial court concluded that the Mississippi courts would not require defendant Associated Press (“AP”) to submit to their jurisdiction on the facts presented here. 371 F.Supp. 333 (N.D.Miss.1974). We disagree and hold, furthermore, that the statute as construed does not offend the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Accordingly, we reverse.
Plaintiff’s libel complaint is predicated upon the publication by AP upon its wire services of a false report, characterized by…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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