Legal Opinion
Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 1988No. 87-367PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
Ohio recognizes a 4-year statute of limitations in actions for breach of contract or fraud. The statute is tolled, however, for any period that a person or corporation is not “present” in the State. To be present in Ohio, a foreign corporation must appoint an agent for service of process, which operates as consent to the general jurisdiction of the Ohio courts. Applying well-settled constitutional principles, we find the Ohio statute that suspends limitations protection for out-of-state entities is a violation of the Commerce Clause.
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