Legal Opinion
Empress International, Ltd. v. Riverside Seafoods, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 13, 1983No. 82-486PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sullivan
Defendant appeals from a default judgment entered against it in an action for an account stated. We are presented with the question as to whether its contacts with the State of Illinois were sufficient to subject it to the in personam jurisdiction of the Illinois courts pursuant to section 17 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110, par. 17(l)(a)).
On September 11, 1981, plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that defendant had ordered and received goods from it, for which $3,375.24 had been paid on account but a balance of $9,546.26 was due and owing, and praying for a judgment…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Cook Associates, Inc. v. Colonial Broach & MacHine Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1973
- Colony Press, Inc. v. FleemanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
- Mergenthaler Linotype Co. v. Leonard Storch Enterprises, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Bally Export Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Balicar, Ltd., a Foreign Corporation, and Juliano Internacional S.A., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Gordon v. TowAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Financial Management Services, Inc. v. Sibilsky & Sibilsky, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1985
- Ideal Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Shipyard Marine, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1991
- Ross v. Creighton UniversityDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1990
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