Francesca Munne Nordness v. Paige Faucheux
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. This is an alienation-of-affections lawsuit brought against’ a nonresident paramour over whom our courts have personal jurisdiction under the Mississippi long-arm statute. But because the paramour did not make purposeful minimum contacts with Mississippi that were sufficient to satisfy the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, we reverse the circuit court’s denial of the paramour’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and we render judgment dismissing the plaintiffs complaint and this action for lack of personal…
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