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· 4/4/2005

Cockrell v. Hillerich & Bradsby Co.

Citations

  • 611 S.E.2d 505
  • 363 S.C. 485
  • 2005 S.C. LEXIS 105

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that in reviewing the circuit court's ruling on a question of personal jurisdiction, \[t]he decision of the [circuit] court should be affirmed unless unsupported by the evidence or influenced by an error of law\
  • finding a lack of jurisdiction because the respondents had \not directed their activities at South Carolina and . . . their contacts with South Carolina [could not] fairly be described as continuous and systematic so as to satisfy due process\
  • “Because South Carolina treats its long-arm statute as coextensive with the due process clause, the sole question becomes whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction would violate due process.”
  • \The question of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant is one which must be resolved upon the facts of each particular case.\
  • \The question of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant is one which must be resolved upon the facts of each particular case.\
  • “General jurisdiction attaches even when the nonresident defendant’s contacts with the forum state are not directly related to the cause of action.... ”

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Judges: Burnett, Moore, Pleicones, Toal, Waller

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