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Conflict of Laws Keyed to Hay, 16th Ed.
Daimler AG v. Bauman
Citation:
571 U.S. 117 (2014)Facts
Twenty-two Argentinian residents filed suit in the Northern District of California against Daimler AG, a German corporation headquartered in Stuttgart that manufactures Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The complaint alleged that during Argentina’s 1976-1983 Dirty War, Daimler’s wholly-owned Argentinian subsidiary, Mercedes-Benz Argentina, collaborated with state security forces to kidnap, detain, torture, and kill certain workers at MB Argentina’s plant in Argentina. None of the alleged conduct occurred in California or anywhere in the United States. Plaintiffs sought to establish jurisdiction over Daimler based on the California contacts of MBUSA, a separate Delaware limited liability corporation that serves as Daimler’s exclusive United States distributor. MBUSA has its principal place of business in New Jersey but maintains multiple California facilities and distributes over 10% of its vehicles in California, accounting for 2.4% of Daimler’s worldwide sales totaling approximately $4.6 billion annually.
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