Legal Opinion
Gold Kist Inc. v. Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1980No. 78-3774PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Just having Georgia on my mind is not enough to bring me within reach of the Georgia long-arm statute, argues Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Company [“Baskin-Rob-bins”], a licensor of ice cream products. The district court agreed and granted Bas-kin-Robbins’ 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss this claim by Gold Kist Inc., for Baskin-Rob-bins’ alleged failure to accept delivery under its contract of 75,750 pounds of Georgia pecans. We find that Baskin-Robbins’ activities in Georgia consisted of more than mere mental processes, that the district court erroneously interpreted the…
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3Cited by59 opinions
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