The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
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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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