Legal Opinion
Jerome Phillips v. Hooker Chemical Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 15, 1967No. 23407_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by the plaintiff Phillips, in a personal injury diversity of citizenship action, from a final order of the district court, which quashed service of process upon the defendant Hooker Chemical and dismissed the complaint upon the ground that the defendant was not “doing business” or engaged in a “business venture” in Florida, was not amenable to service of process through the Secretary of State, and was not subject to jurisdiction of the Florida courts, pursuant to Sections 47.16 1 and 47.30, 2 Florida Statutes, F.S.A.
The complaint, cast in negligence and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Hyco Mfg. Co. v. Rotex Intern. Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- Harry Rich Corporation v. Curtiss-Wright CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- George W. Woodham v. Northwestern Steel & Wire Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Tetco Metal Products, Inc. v. Glenn C. Langham and Imogene N. LanghamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Del Monte Corp. v. Everett Steamship Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1973
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