Marc Hazout, Defendant Below-Appellant v. Tsang Mun Ting, Plaintiff Below-Appellee

Summary

The Court held that the officer-consent statute plainly authorizes personal jurisdiction over a nonresident officer or director who is a proper party to an action against the Delaware corporation. Hazout was a proper party because the claims arose from his official corporate conduct, concerned the same facts as the claims against the corporation, and implicated his separate legal interest. The Court further held that exercising jurisdiction satisfied due process because the transaction was materially connected to Delaware and Hazout could reasonably anticipate litigation there.