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Death To Immunity From Service Of Process Doctrine!, John Martinez
Death To Immunity From Service Of Process Doctrine!, John Martinez
John Martinez
The immunity from service of process doctrine provides that a nonresident cannot be served while going to, attending, and leaving an ongoing judicial proceeding. However, the doctrine evolved while "tag" jurisdiction was in vogue, whereby mere presence in the forum state sufficed, and the nonresident only had to be "tagged" with service to confer jurisdiction on the forum state. This article suggests that modern "minimum contacts" territorial jurisdiction theory more adequately addresses the concerns of efficiency of judicial proceedings and fairness to nonresidents than the immunity from service of process doctrine. The article proposes that the immunity from service of …
Death To Immunity From Service Of Process Doctrine!, John Martinez
Death To Immunity From Service Of Process Doctrine!, John Martinez
John Martinez
Death to Immunity From Service of Process Doctrine!
By John Martinez, Professor of Law
S.J. Quinney College of Law
at the University of Utah
ABSTRACT
The immunity from service of process doctrine provides that a nonresident cannot be served while going to, attending, and leaving an ongoing judicial proceeding. However, the doctrine evolved while "tag" jurisdiction was in vogue, whereby mere presence in the forum state sufficed, and the nonresident only had to be "tagged" with service to confer jurisdiction on the forum state. This article suggests that modern "minimum contacts" territorial jurisdiction theory more adequately addresses the concerns of …