Perkins v. Benguet Mining Co.
| Perkins v. Benguet Mining Co. | |
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| Argued November 27–28, 1951 Decided March 3, 1952 | |
| Full case name | Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. |
| Citations | 342 U.S. 437 (more) 72 S. Ct. 413; 96 L. Ed. 485; 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2386; 63 Ohio L. Abs. 146; 47 Ohio Op. 216 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 155 Ohio St. 116 (vacated and remanded) |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Burton, joined by Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Jackson, Clark |
| Dissent | Minton, joined by Vinson |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. XIV | |
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Perkins v. Benguet Mining Co., 342 U.S. 437 (1952), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that an Ohio state court could exercise general personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation on the basis of that company's "continuous and systematic" contacts with the state of Ohio. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. was a Philippine mining corporation, owned by American John W. Hausermann, that temporarily stopped its mining operations and relocated its president to Ohio during the World War II Japanese occupation of the Philippines. The Court held that the president's use of his office in Ohio to carry on continuous business activities during this period allowed Ohio to properly assert general jurisdiction over his company.