Classic Commercial Services, Inc.v.Robert Baldwin
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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