Legal Opinion
Honda Motor Co. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 29, 1992No. H009933PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELIA, J.
This is a petition for writ of mandate authorized by Code of Civil Procedure section 418.10, subdivision (c), seeking to reverse the trial court order refusing to quash service of summons on defendant and petitioner, a Japanese corporation. The issue presented, as to which the authorities conflict, is whether a California resident may obtain valid service on a Japanese national by a private mail service. We shall hold that such a service is invalid under the Hague Convention, and therefore the motion to quash should have been granted.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
- Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
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- Palma v. U.S. Industrial Fasteners, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1984
- United States v. PinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Peter R. Ackermann, Dieter Schultze-Zeu, Dietger Feder, Detlef P. Eulitz and Karl-Heinz Lingner v. Ira LevineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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- Renoir v. Redstar Corp.California Court of Appeal · 2004
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