Herrley v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. No. 85–4002. Walter HERRLEY and Judith Sund Herrley, Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., and Volkswagenwerk, A.G., Defendants–Appellees. April 6, 1992. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Before JOLLY, JONES, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: This case presents a question recurrent in the courts applying Mississippi law: Whether a non-resident plaintiff may use Mississippi's long-arm statute1 and foreign corporations suit statute2 to hale corporations, which are…