WASHINGTON – In a case arising out of Argentina’s “dirty war,” the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday significantly limited the general jurisdiction of federal courts over injured victims’ lawsuits against corporations doing business in the United States.
The decision, according to legal observers on both sides of the case, means that a corporation, in effect, may be sued primarily where it is incorporated or in its principal place of business. For foreign corporations operating here, they added, the decision likely means never.
