State v. Advance Marketing Consultants, Inc.

The question raised on this appeal is whether or not the trial court had jurisdiction of the defendant Howard Ginsburg, an Illinois resident, in an action brought by the state of Wisconsin for fraudulent advertising. The appellants, Advance Marketing Consultants, Inc. (Advance Marketing) and Howard Ginsburg, appealed from the order of the trial court entered on December 19, 1972, denying Mr. Ginsburg’s motion to dismiss the action as to him for lack of personal jurisdiction.

The action was commenced by the state of Wisconsin on September 13, 1971, by the service in the state of Illinois of a…