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STATE v. NV SUMATRA TOBACCO TRADING CO.

No. M2010-01955-SC-R11-CV.

403 S.W.3d 726 (2013)

STATE of Tennessee v. NV SUMATRA TOBACCO TRADING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Douse , Nashville, Tennessee; and Christopher L. Rissetto , Washington D.C., for the appellant, NV Sumatra Tobacco Trading Company.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; William E. Young , Solicitor General; John H. Sinclair, Jr. , Deputy Attorney General; and Rebekah A. Baker , Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which JANICE M. HOLDER and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., joined. GARY R. WADE, C.J. filed a dissenting opinion, in which SHARON G. LEE, J., joined.

This appeal concerns whether Tennessee courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over an Indonesian cigarette manufacturer whose cigarettes were sold in Tennessee through the marketing efforts of a Florida entrepreneur who purchased the cigarettes...

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