Jerry W. Schoel, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Carpenter, Inc. v. Sikes Corporation, Etc.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Jerry W. Sehoel, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Carpenter, Inc. [Carpenter], an Alabama corporation, appeals from the order of the District Court granting the motion of defendant Sikes Corporation [Sikes] to quash service and dismiss the complaint on grounds that the activities of Sikes, a Florida corporation, not qualified to do business within the State of Alabama, were insufficient to support service of process under the long-arm statute of Alabama.

The questions at issue are whether the Alabama long-arm statute authorizes the exercise of jurisdiction over the…