STARBRITE DISTRIBUTING v. EXCELDA MFG. CO.

Docket Nos. 103536, 103563, Calendar No. 9.

562 N.W.2d 640 (1997)

454 Mich. 302

STARBRITE DISTRIBUTING, INC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EXCELDA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant/Cross-Plaintiff/Appellant, and P.D. George Company, Defendant/Cross-Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris & Literski by Charles W. Widmaier, Brighton, for Starbrite Distributing, Inc.

Alan J. Czekaj, Brighton, for Excelda Manufacturing Company.

Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis & Foster, P.C. by C. Mark Hoover and Charyn K. Hain, Lansing (Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., of counsel) by John Golden and Paul L. Nettleton, Miami, FL, for P.D. George Company.


OPINION

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, Justice.

The State of Michigan may exercise limited personal jurisdiction under its long-arm statute if two things are established. First, the rules of statutory construction must support the exercise of jurisdiction over the defendant. Second, the exercise of limited personal jurisdiction may not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Jeffrey v. Rapid American Corp., 448 Mich. 178...

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