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SMITH v. PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

No. 28153.

425 F.2d 823 (1970)

Clifford D. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 24, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick F. Henry, Atlanta, Ga., William H. Cooper, Jr., Hapeville, Ga., for appellant.

Ronald L. Reid, R. Neal Batson, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before SIMPSON, MORGAN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This is a question of jurisdiction over a non-resident corporation arising under Georgia's Long-Arm statute. Appellant Smith (hereinafter plaintiff) brought an action against appellee Piper Aircraft Corporation (hereinafter defendant) in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia, alleging that the defendant had wrongfully appropriated plaintiff's idea for an automatically retractable landing gear. The defendant, after removal to...

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