Legal Opinion
Rollins v. Ellwood
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 1990No. 69697, 69698 consPublishedCited by 239 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stamos
This appeal calls for this court to further consider the extent to which the courts of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants named in lawsuits filed by Illinois residents. Defendants are Sergeant John S. Ellwood (Ellwood) and the City of Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore). They appeal from an order of the Appellate Court, Fifth District, that denied their petitions for leave to appeal from an order of the circuit court of St. Clair County, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 306 (107 Ill. 2d R. 306); the circuit court order had denied the motions of both defendants…
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