Venue: |
SCOTUS
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Facts: |
Mining in the Philippines gets curtailed by WWII. Interim operations,
such as they were, took place in OH. There's a dispute over
some stock certificates and dividends. |
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Posture: |
Suit in OH state courts. |
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Issue: |
Can OH entertain this action against a foreign corporation, where
the cause of action arose from activities entirely distinct
from the corporation activities in OH? |
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Holding: |
Yes, they could take or decline jurisdiction. |
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Rule: |
Not one really. |
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Reasoning: |
There was continuous and systematic supervision of the company's
(albeit limited) activities from OH, even though there were
no actual activities in OH. |
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Dicta: |
Dissent: this is an advisory opinion. |
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