California Court of Appeal

Petition for writ of mandate to challenge a trial court order denying plaintiff's motion to quash service is denied where a Japanese manufacturer can be served through its American subsidiary as California law allows service on a foreign corporation by serving its domestic subsidiary.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/27/2009
• Published 05/27/2009

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jones Day and Thomas R. Malcolm, Frederick L. McKnight, Erik K. Swanholt and Brian M. Hoffstadt, Los Angeles;  Bowman & Brooke, Paul G. Cereghini, Robert K. Miller, Stephen J. Kelley and Renee S. Konigsberg. Gardena, for Petitioner., O'Melveny & Myers, Thomas M. Riordan and Katherine A. Lindsey, Newport Beach, for Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner., Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Walter J. Lack, Gary A. Praglin, Gregory P. Waters and Richard P. Kinnan, Los Angeles, for Real Parties in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.