(Modified upon denial of rehearing 10/3/16.) Plaintiffs, an individual husband and wife, and 2 LLCs in which he purchased majority interests, sued Defendants for allegedly inducing them, by fraudulent misrepresentations, to buy tax shelters and to use them for 2002 and 2003 tax years. No Defendants are domiciled in Illinois. Two of the Defendants have made minimum contacts with Illinois and exercising personal jurisdiction over them would be consistent with due process. Remaining Defendants have no minimum contacts with Illinois. Where a defendant who purposefully has directed his activities at forum residents seeks to defeat jurisdiction, he must present a compelling case that presence of some other considerations would render jurisdiction unreasonable. Two Defendants with minimum contacts have failed to demonstrate such compelling cause. (TURNER, concurring; STEIGMANN, specially concurring.)
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