Lee v. Regina Corp.

ZAMPANO, District Judge.

Plaintiff’s motion to strike calls for a determination of the reach of Connecticut’s “long arm statute”, Section 33-411 of the General Statutes, which provides for substituted service of process on foreign corporations.1

The statute contains a tripartite classification. Section 33-411(a) provides that a registered corporation is subject to suit in this state upon duly executed and timely service of process. Section 33-411 (b) authorizes suits against an unregistered foreign corporation transacting substantial business in this state upon a cause of action arising out of…