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BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO. v. FORD

No. 91-779.

504 U.S. 648 (1992)

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD CO. v. FORD ET AL.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 12, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty Jo Christian argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were Charles G. Cole, Jerald S. Howe, Jr., Virginia L. White-Mahaffey, Edmund W. Burke, and Richard V. Wicka.

Joel I. Klein argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Robert S. Fain, Jr.*

Souter, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Souter, delivered the opinion of the Court.

Montana's venue rules permit a plaintiff to sue a corporation incorporated in that State only in the county of its principal place of business, but permit suit in any county against a corporation incorporated elsewhere. This case presents the question whether the distinction in treatment offends the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, U. S. Const., Amdt. 14, § 1. We hold that it does not.

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