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Rotunda & Young, The Equal Protection Clause, pp 383 (1978), let us
consider Judge Alderman's insistance in Plante v. Smathens, 372 So.2d
933 (1979), that in constitutional matters we consider "historical
precedent," "purpose of the law" and "common sense." ~~Ihat did our fore-
fathers indend us do with our plastic base manufacturers (presumably
rich),-"our shoe cobbler," "our mamma-papa five acre orange grove owner,"
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"our three cow rancher," "our one horse farmer," and "our green law
school graduate," whose products will go to *~iaine, Alaska and Hawaii??
The answer is astoundingly simple. They would have said that the possi-
bility of bankrupting "a shoe cobbler," "a mamQna-papa five acre orange
grove owner," "a three cow rancher,"."a one horse farmer," and "a green
law school graduate," by requiring them to defend suits in Maine,
Alaska and Hawaii must go, adding one more right to an already existing
legal right in favor of a plaintiff in comparison to the overwhelming
burden of out of state litigations on the backs of little businesses
finds common sense telling "big government" to "butt out" and leave
things simple, easily understood, and fair to both sides. To write
guidelines on "minimum contacts" and "traditional notions of fair play
and substantial justice" is identical to writing guidelines on "alimony,"
"criminal sentencing," "property appraising," and "reasonable attorney
fees," it has been tried, but it doesn't actually work.
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Originally this Court and its attorney spent a lot of time
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avn.4icerinr Florida precedent, but the recent United States Supreme Court
case makes this somewhat fruitless. Big government and socialistic
theorists would like National Bank of Searcy, Arkansas v. Collins, 372
So.2d 111 (2nd DCA 1979); Electro Engineering Products Co. v. Lewis, 352
So.2d 862; and Aero Mechanical Electronic Craftsman v. Parent, 366 So.2d
1268 (4th DCA 1979)as precedent.
This Court and our forefathers would like Connell v. Ott Research
& Development, 377 So.2d 219 (3rd DCA 1979); American Baseball Cap, Inc.
v. Duzinski, 359 So.2d 483 (1st~DCA 1978) as precedent. Let us not forget
that "Long Arm Statutes" are strictly construed. Citizens State Bank v.
Winters Government Security Corporation, 361 So12d 760 (4th DCA 1978).
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