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GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES OPERATIONS, S.A. v. BROWN
Supreme Court of United States (2011) | 131 S.Ct. 2846; 564 U.S. 915; 180 L.Ed.2d 796
TL;DR: Foreign subsidiaries of a U.S. company were sued in North Carolina for a bus accident in France. The Supreme Court held that North Carolina lacked jurisdiction because the subsidiaries' limited, indirect sales in the state did not make them “at home” there for unrelated claims.
Legal Significance: This case clarifies the standard for general personal jurisdiction, holding that a corporation is only “at home”—and thus subject to suit on any claim—in its state of incorporation, principal place of business, or in an exceptional case where its affiliations are functionally equivalent.