The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 11, Problem 4CT
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Case summary: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 district court dismissed the case for lack of personal jurisdiction. The ruling was reversed by the Ninth Circuit. The company D appealed.
To find:The effect on a U.S. citizen on the adoption of the plaintiff's argument by the court.
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