Legal Opinion
Kilbreath v. Rudy
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided December 11, 1968No. 68-77PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBROwrr, J.
Sections 2307.382 and 2307.383, Revised Code, provide for service of process and personal jurisdiction over persons who have or have had specified minimum Ohio contacts. The question in this case is whether these statutes are applicable to causes of action existing, but not filed, before their enactment. We hold that they are applicable.
It is urged that such retroactive applicability is barred by Section 28, Article II of the Ohio Constitution, which reads in part as follows:
“The G-eneral Assembly shall have no power to pass retroactive laws, or laws impairing the obligation of contracts * *…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Nelson v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
- Smith v. New York Central Rd.Ohio Supreme Court · 1930
- State, Ex Rel. v. Indus. Comm.Ohio Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Van Fossen v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1988
- Morrison v. SteinerOhio Supreme Court · 1972
- Polito v. HollandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
- Kunkler v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1988
- Lantsberry v. Tilley Lamp Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1971
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