Legal Opinion
Tom Togs, Inc. v. Ben Elias Industries Corp.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 7, 1986No. 649PA85PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRYE, Justice.
The sole issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant for lack of sufficient minimum contacts between defendant and this State. We conclude that such contacts do exist and accordingly reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.
The record in this case discloses the following information.
Plaintiff is a North Carolina clothing manufacturer. Defendant is a clothing distributor who buys from manufacturers and resells to retail stores. Defendant is incorporated in the State of New Jersey but has…
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