Opinion ID: 1971440
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Heading: Is the defendant subject to long-arm jurisdiction and service of process in Maine in this case?

Text: We decline to answer the question. This Court has previously held that the scope of jurisdiction permissible under Maine's long-arm statute, 14 M.R.S.A. § 704-A, is co-extensive with the fullest limits of jurisdiction permitted by the concept of due process under the United States Constitution. Tyson v. Whitaker & Sons, Inc., 407 A.2d 1, 3 (Me.1979), 411 A.2d 389, 391 (Me.1980); Labbe v. Nissen Corp., 404 A.2d 564, 569 n. 4 (Me.1979). The remaining issue involves the application of federal constitutional law to the facts of this case, a task which goes beyond the authority granted to this Court under 4 M.R.S.A. § 57.