BANKHEAD ENTERPRISES, INC. v. NORFOLK & W. RY. CO.

No. 80-7483 Summary Calendar.

642 F.2d 802 (1981)

BANKHEAD ENTERPRISES, INC., d/b/a Bankhead Railway Engineering, and Bankhead Railway Welding, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

April 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hopkins & Gresham, Thomas P. Gresham and Patrick J. McKenna, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Neely, Player, Hamilton & Hines, Mary Taylor Tapley and Edgar A. Neely, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, VANCE and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether the district court was correct in dismissing appellant's action for lack of personal jurisdiction. Because we conclude that Georgia law and the due process clause of the Constitution permit the exercise of jurisdiction over the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, we reverse and remand to the district court.

Appellant, Bankhead Enterprises, Inc., is a Georgia corporation which has its...

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