GENUINE PARTS CO. v. CEPEC

No. 528, 2015.

137 A.3d 123 (2016)

GENUINE PARTS COMPANY, Defendant Below-Appellant, v. Ralph Allan CEPEC and Sandra Faye Cepec, Plaintiffs Below-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: April 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Bradley, Esquire , Stephanie A. Fox, Esquire , Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; James C. Grant, Esquire (Argued), Jonathan D. Parente, Esquire , Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant.

Jeffrey S. Goddess, Esquire (Argued), Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Lisa W. Shirley, Esquire , Charles E. Soechting, Jr., Esquire , Simon, Greenstone, Panatier & Bartlett, Dallas, Texas, for Appellees.

Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Esquire , Nicholas J. Rohrer, Esquire , Julia B. Ripple, Esquire , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Andrew J. Pincus, Esquire , Archis A. Parasharami, Esquire , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kathryn Comerford Todd, Esquire , Warren Postman, Esquire , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., Amicus Curaie for The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

William W. Erhart, Esquire , Estate and Elder Law Services, Wilmington, Delaware; David W. deBruin, Esquire , The deBruin Firm LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; Meghan Butters Houser, Esquire , Weiss & Saville, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, Amicus Curaie for Delaware Trial Lawyers Association.

John C. Phillips, Jr., Esquire , David A. Bilson, Esquire , Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Robert L. Willmore, Esquire , Thomas Kinney, Esquire , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., Amicus Curiae for Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc. and American Insurance Association.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


I. INTRODUCTION

Like every other state in our republic,1 Delaware requires a foreign corporation that sells any product or service in the state to register to do business and agree to the appointment of a registered agent to receive service of process. In this case,...

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