Opinion ID: 1540447
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Heading: Express Statutory Consent

Text: Express consent has been found to be a basis for jurisdiction when a foreign corporation appoints an agent for service of process. [5] See Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., 308 U.S. 165, 170-71, 60 S.Ct. 153, 156, 84 L.Ed. 167 (1939); Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co. v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co., 243 U.S. 93, 95, 37 S.Ct. 344, 344, 61 L.Ed. 610 (1917). In Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co., the United States Supreme Court ruled that a foreign corporation, which authorizes an agent to receive service of process in compliance with the requirements of a state registration statute, has consented to the exercise of general personal jurisdiction in that state. Id. The unanimous opinion, written by Justice Holmes, held that Missouri could constitutionally exercise general jurisdiction over the defendant foreign corporation, and not deprive the defendant of due process, even though its only apparent contact with Missouri was its designation of the Missouri Superintendent of Insurance as its registered agent. Id. [6]