DAWKINS v. WHITE PRODUCTS CORP. OF MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN

No. 31091.

443 F.2d 589 (1971)

Talmadge DAWKINS and Versie Dawkins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WHITE PRODUCTS CORPORATION OF MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN, and Therm-O-Disc Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Nobles, Jr., Jackson, Miss., Burris O. Smith, Louisville, Miss., Barnett, Montgomery, McClintock & Cunningham, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Gunn, Williams, Gunn, Eppes & Crenshaw. Meridian, Miss., for Therm-O-Disc, Inc.

David Williams, Maurice H. Hall, Jr., Wilbourn, Williams & Glover, Meridian, Miss., for White Products Corp.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, TUTTLE and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

We have, once again, to determine just how long Mississippi's "long-arm statute" for service on non-residents is intended by the courts of Mississippi to reach. The Trial Court, 317 F.Supp. 53, determined that the statute had been construed by the state courts in a manner that would leave to Mississippi residents considerably less than the maximum reach permitted under the federal constitution. We conclude...

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