The court held that satisfying Florida’s long-arm statute does not by itself establish the minimum contacts required by due process; the statutory and constitutional inquiries must be made separately.
Supreme Court of Florida, 1989
Published opinions from 1989. The case name opens the case page.
1989 opinions
The court accepted jurisdiction despite the minor's completed abortion because the constitutional questions were of great public importance and likely to recur. It held that Florida's express privacy right protects a minor's decision whether to terminate a pregnancy and that the parental-consent statute failed the…
The court upheld jurisdiction despite the minor's completed abortion because the constitutionality of Florida's parental-consent statute presented an issue of great public importance likely to recur.