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Appellate Court of Illinois· 8/26/1991

Ores v. Kennedy

Citations

  • 578 N.E.2d 1139
  • 218 Ill. App. 3d 866
  • 161 Ill. Dec. 493

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding Illinois court could exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state attorney who communicated often with Illinois- based estate and banks even though he did not travel to Illinois and conducted all of his activity on behalf of the estate in Texas
  • amended long-arm statute was procedural; it was not part of the law that creates, defines, or regulates rights and was not what made someone a party to a suit
  • amendment to the long-arm statute was procedural as it was not part of the law which created, defined or regulated rights and was not what made one a party to the suit
  • amended long-arm statute was procedural; it was not part of the law that creates, defines, or regulates rights and was not what made someone a party to a suit
  • court had personal jurisdiction over out-of-state attorney who did not practice in Illinois where he allegedly acted negligently in advising executors on will and trust, and there existed no underlying lawsuit in another state

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Judges: O'Connor

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