Legal Opinion
Brown v. Flowers Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1982No. 81-4451PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
This suit was dismissed by the district court for want of jurisdiction on the basis that due process would be denied by assuming jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant whose sole contact with the forum state was the making of a single defamatory telephone call to a person in that state. Concluding that, under the facts presented, due process permits invocation of jurisdiction over a nonresident who commits in whole or in part a single tort in a state, we reverse.
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Seeking the benefit of diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1976), which permits a resident…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- David Caldwell, Etc. And James C. Harvey v. Palmetto State Savings Bank of South Carolina, Etc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Jose Demelo and Marie Demelo v. Toche Marine, Inc., Woolsey Marine Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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