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FRANK E. BASIL, INC. v. GUARDINO

No. 79-982.

424 A.2d 70 (1980)

FRANK E. BASIL, INC., Appellant, v. Samuel T. GUARDINO, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cherif Sedky, Washington, D. C., with whom Mary E. Wagner, Washington, D. C., was on briefs, for appellant.

Karl W. Pilger, Washington, D. C., with whom Thomas A. Kennelly, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, NEBEKER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

The issue before us is whether a California court's exercise of in personam jurisdiction over appellant (Frank E. Basil, Inc., a Liberian corporation) in a breach of contract action brought by appellee Samuel T. Guardino was consistent with the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The trial court, concluding that the California court had jurisdiction, ruled that it was bound by article IV, section I of the United States Constitution...

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