Arnesen

This is an appeal pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 904.1, subdivision (c), from an order of the trial court quashing out-of-state service of summons upon three of five named defendants in an action brought on behalf of a class and an individual plaintiff. By reason of a failure of appellant to support his position by a factual showing in the trial court, we affirm the order.

Appellant filed his verified complaint in the case at bench purporting to allege seven causes of action. The first five counts are on behalf of a nationwide class consisting of “all . . . persons . . . who have dealt with defendants and for whom defendants have prepared patent applications ... or [who have] entered into a contractual relationship for alleged services and for which plaintiffs have paid to defendants good and valuable consideration. . . .” The sixth and seventh causes of action are alleged on behalf of the named plaintiff alone. Defendants are the Raymond Lee Organization, Inc. (the corporation), and four of its officers and employees, Raymond Lee (Lee), Lawrence Peska (Peska), Howard Gressey (Gressey), John Dulaine (Dulaine), and Richard Deutschman (Deutschman).

The first…