What Was the Result at the U

question 26

Multiple Choice

What was the result at the U.S.Supreme Court level in Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations,S.A.v.Brown,involving whether a court in North Carolina could exercise jurisdiction over the defendant tire manufacturer and its subsidiaries who were based in Turkey and France? (The underlying lawsuit involved the deaths of North Carolina residents in France when a bus in which they were riding allegedly overturned due to problems with its tires.)

• A) The Court ruled that based on the stream of commerce theory, the North Carolina court could exercise general jurisdiction over the foreign defendants.
• B) The Court ruled that based on the stream of commerce theory, the North Carolina court could exercise specific jurisdiction over the foreign defendants.
• C) The Court ruled that based on the general contacts theory, the North Carolina court could exercise general jurisdiction over the foreign defendants but not specific jurisdiction.
• D) The Court ruled that based on the general contacts theory, the North Carolina court could exercise specific jurisdiction over the foreign defendants but not general jurisdiction.
• E) The court ruled that the North Carolina court could not exercise jurisdiction over the defendants.

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Cardia

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