Genuine Parts Co. v. Cepec

STRINE, Chief Justice,

for the Majority:

I. INTRODUCTION

Like every other state in our republic,1 Delaware requires a foreign corporation that sells any product or service, in the state to register to do business and agree to the appointment of a registered agent to receive service of process. _ In this case, a lárge Georgia corporation ‘that properly registered to do business in Delaware has been sued in Delaware over claims having nothing to do with its activities in Delaware. Adhering to the interpretation given to pur registration statutes — 8 Del. C. §§ 371 and 376 — in Sternberg v.…