An attempt to hold Daimler A.G. liable in U.S. courts for alleged human rights violations in Argentina 30 years ago encountered across-the-bench skepticism in the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.
In DaimlerChrysler AG v. Bauman, a number of justices indicated that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was wrong when it held that California state courts could assert so-called general personal jurisdiction over the German corporation in litigation by foreign plaintiffs for alleged violations that occurred in a foreign country.
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