United States Eleventh Circuit

Under Georgia law, a nonresident is not subject to personal jurisdiction under its long-arm statute when he improperly discloses another nonresident's trade secret to a federal agency at its Georgia office under the "government contacts" exception.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/05/2001
• Published 02/05/2001

Judges

• HILL, Circuit Judge:, Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and WILSON and HILL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Meredith H. Ragains,Donald Andersen, Smith, Howard & Ajax, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Henry D. Fellows, Jr., Henry Quillian, Patrick D. Conner, Fellows, Johnson & La Briola, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, Martin A. Pedata, Saint Petersburg, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.