SOUTHEAST WIRELESS v. U.S. TELEMETRY

No. 2006-C-1736.

954 So.2d 120 (2007)

SOUTHEAST WIRELESS NETWORK, INC., Slaydon Investment, Inc., and Celia Katz, Individually and in her Capacity as Independent Executrix for the Succession of Samuel B. Katz v. U.S. TELEMETRY CORPORATION, U.S. Telemetry Network, Inc., K. Steven Roberts, Thomas L. Siebert, Donald M. Clarke, S. Andrew Banks, Charles M. Bruce And James K. Gable.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps Dunbar, Harry Alston Johnson, III, Michael Dale Hunt, Jane Ann Robert, Baton Rouge, Bruce A. Ericson, John M. Grenfell, for Applicant.

Moore, Walters, Thompson, Thomas Papillion & Cullens, Patrick Nelson Broyles, Joseph Elton Cullens, Jr., Stephen Layne Lee, Charles Roger Moore, Baton Rouge, Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis Breslin, Murray, Recile, Stephen D. Marx, Metairie, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer, Paul Holden Spaht, Baton Rouge, Frank D. Blackburn & Associates, Allison Uhrich Rovira, Donald L. Beckner, Baton Rouge, for Respondent.


JOHNSON, Justice.

We granted this writ application to address whether Louisiana courts can properly exercise personal jurisdiction over a non-resident director of a corporation which has its principal place of business in Louisiana. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the court of appeal, finding that the trial court may properly exercise jurisdiction over defendant James K. Gable.

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