Goodyear Case Summary

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“A court may assert general jurisdiction over foreign (sister-state or foreign-country) corporations to hear any and all claims against them when [the corporation’s] affiliations with the [forum] State are so “continuous and systematic” as to render them essentially at home in the forum State.” Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown, 564 U.S. 915, 919 (2011) (Citing Int'l Shoe Co., 326 U.S.). In Goodyear, the court held that Goodyear was not subject to general jurisdiction in North Carolina simply for placing their tires into the “stream of commerce” of North Carolina. Goodyear, 564 U.S. at 927. Two North Carolinian boys were killed while vacationing in France when the bus they were on crashed. Goodyear, 564 U.S. at 918. The

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