The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 3CT
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Case s ummary : The person B and the other residents of the country A filed a case in the federal district court in California alleging that the company MB, a subsidiary of D, joined hands with the state security forces to kidnap, torture, and murder the plaintiff and their relatives. The claims were asserted under the Alien Tort Claims Act. The district court dismissed the case for lack of personal jurisdiction. The ruling was reversed by the Ninth Circuit. The company D appealed.
To f ind : The consequences suffered by the company D because of the decision made in the case.
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