Schering Corp. v. Superior Court

Opinion

THOMPSON, J.

The case at bench arises on an alternative writ of mandate issued at the direction of the Supreme Court. It raises the issue of the effectiveness of service of summons to obtain jurisdiction over a foreign corporation doing business in California in light of the of Code of Civil Procedure sections 412.30 and 416.10. Concluding that the record establishes that summons was not served in substantial compliance with section 412.30, we direct that a peremptory writ of mandate issue requiring the trial court to vacate its order denying petitioner’s motion to quash and to enter a…