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Civil Procedure Keyed to Marcus
Daimler AG v. Bauman
Citation:
571 U.S. 117 (2014)
ProfessorBrittany L. Raposa
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The plaintiffs were 22 Argentine residents who alleged that Mercedes-Benz Argentina, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, collaborated with Argentine state security forces to kidnap, detain, torture, and kill the plaintiffs or their relatives during Argentina’s 1976-1983 “Dirty War.” The plaintiffs filed suit in the Northern District of California against Daimler AG, a German corporation with headquarters in Stuttgart. The plaintiffs asserted jurisdiction over Daimler based on the California contacts of Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New Jersey. MBUSA distributed Daimler-manufactured vehicles to dealerships throughout the United States, including California, where it was the largest supplier of luxury vehicles. The plaintiffs argued that MBUSA’s contacts should be imputed to Daimler for jurisdictional purposes.
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