Sternberg v. O'Neil
Supreme Court of Delaware
550 A.2d 1105 (1988)
Relevant factsFree
Richard Sternberg (plaintiff) filed a shareholder derivative suit in Delaware against GenCorp Inc., an Ohio corporation that was registered to do business in Delaware and had appointed an agent there to receive service of process. Despite that registration and appointed agent, the trial court held GenCorp lacked minimum contacts with Delaware and was not subject to jurisdiction there, dismissing Sternberg's complaint. Sternberg appealed.
IssueFree
Whether a foreign corporation's registration to do business in a state, along with appointing an agent for service of process there, by itself establishes consent to that state's general jurisdiction, without a separate minimum-contacts showing.