LAW 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter shaffer-v-heitner: Minimum Contacts, Lenape, Personal Jurisdiction
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Plaintiff filed a motion for sequestration of the officers" stock. Under a delaware statute, delaware is the situs of all stock in delaware corporations. Defendants were notified by certified mail of the sequestration and notice was published in a delaware newspaper. Defendants entered a special appearance so they could move to quash service of process and vacate the sequestration order. Defendant argued that the order violated due process and therefore the property could not be attached in delaware. In addition, defendants argued that they did not have the minimum contacts with delaware required to establish jurisdiction under international shoe co. v. In addition, defendants argued that the sequestration procedures were inconsistent with the sniadach cases (see sniadach v. family finance corp. , 395 u. s. 337, 89 s. ct. The court of chancery found for plaintiff and the supreme court of delaware affirmed the court of chancery.
