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Classic Commercial Services, Inc.v.Robert Baldwin

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia
Docket No.A15A2185
DecidedMarch 14, 2016
Reporter326 Ga. App. 546
JudgesCourt of Appeals of Georgia
Tags
CivilCivil ProcedurePersonal JurisdictionAppellate ProcedureStatutory InterpretationVacaturRemandSpecial Concurrence
Case Summary

Classic Commercial Services served Robert Baldwin with a summons and complaint at his North Carolina residence and sued him in Georgia. Baldwin moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, and the trial court granted the motion. The Court of Appeals of Georgia vacated and remanded for reconsideration. The majority held that the factual and jurisdictional analysis required a different result from the trial court’s ruling and cautioned against treating broad language in an earlier venue opinion as binding on personal jurisdiction. A separate concurrence agreed with the result but emphasized that the earlier language about “other jurisdictional questions” was dicta because venue, not personal jurisdiction, had been before that court.

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