Legal Opinion
Kent B. Crane v. Archie Carr, III
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 27, 1987No. 86-5345PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the length of one finger of the District of Columbia longarm statute, specifically, D.C.Code § 13-423(a)(4); that provision authorizes courts in the District to exercise adjudicatory authority over a non-residént defendant as to a claim for relief arising from the defendant’s
causing tortious injury in the District of Columbia by an act or omission outside the District of Columbia if [the defendant] regularly does or solicits business, engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or…
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