Quattrone

This is a petition for writ of mandate pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 418.10, subdivision (c), to review respondent court’s denial of a motion to quash service of summons made by mail on a Pennsylvania resident. In its complaint for damages, real party in interest, Whittaker Corporation (hereinafter “Plaintiff”), a California corporation with its principal office in Los Angeles, alleged a conspiracy among petitioner Philip P. Quattrone (hereinafter “Defendant”), three other named conspirators and numerous Does to defraud Plaintiff by submitting to it falsified financial records relating to the operations of Crown Aluminum Industries Corp. (hereinafter “Crown”), a Pennsylvania-based subsidiary of Plaintiff. Crown, acquired by Plaintiff in 1967 under an “Acquisition Agreement and Plan of Reorganization,” had continued to operate under its existing management pursuant to a supplemental agreement covering “Conduct of Business After Closing.”

The acquisition agreement provided for the exchange of Crown shares for shares of Plaintiff issued for such purpose under either of two options at the election of the Crown shareholders. One option under which 12.1 shares of…