Perkins v Benguet Consolidated Mining Co

1952

Venue: SCOTUS

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.

Posture: Suit in OH state courts.

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?

Holding: Yes, they could take or decline jurisdiction.

Rule: Not one really.

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.

Dicta: Dissent: this is an advisory opinion.