Legal Opinion
Cowan v. Ford Motor Company
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 7, 1983No. 54983PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
437 So.2d 46 (1983)
Mary Ezell COWAN, et al.
v.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY.
No. 54983.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
September 7, 1983.
Melvin & Melvin, Leonard B. Melvin, Jr., Sarah L. Entrekin, Laurel, for appellants.
Watkins & Eager, H.H. Whitworth, Michael W. Ulmer, Jackson, for appellee.
Before BROOM, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, JJ.
BROOM, Presiding Justice, for the court:
Certified to us by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is this cause, asking us to decide the following question:
May a nonresident plaintiff utilize Mississippi's courts to sue a foreign corporation qualified…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Louisana & Mississippi R. Transfer Co. v. LongMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
- Cowan v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Blanchard v. Engine & Gas Compressor Services, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
3Cited by11 opinions
- Shewbrooks v. AC AND S. INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- White v. Malone Properties, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Cowan v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Foley v. Argosy Gaming Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2004
- Herrley v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1984
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