PERKINS v. BENGUET MINING CO.

No. 85.

342 U.S. 437 (1952)

PERKINS v. BENGUET CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Gorman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Stanley A. Silversteen.

Lucien H. Mercier argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Charles G. White.


MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case calls for an answer to the question whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States precludes Ohio from subjecting a foreign corporation to the jurisdiction of its courts in this action in personam. The corporation has been carrying on in Ohio a continuous and systematic, but limited, part of its general business. Its president, while engaged...

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