Legal Opinion
The Federal Insurance Company v. Lake Shore Inc. Peterson Builders, Incorporated, and American Ship Management, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1989No. 89-1404PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
The question on appeal is whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction would offend the “ ‘traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice’ ” embodied in the constitutional principles of due process. International Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 316, 66 S.Ct. 154, 158, 90 L.Ed. 95 (1945), quoting Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U.S. 457, 463, 61 S.Ct. 339, 343, 85 L.Ed. 278 (1940). We hold that defendants lack “minimum contacts” with South Carolina and are thus not subject to suit in a South Carolina forum. In the absence of such contacts, neither the unique…
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