DAIMLER AG v. BAUMAN

No. 11-965.

134 S.Ct. 746 (2014)

187 L.Ed.2d 624

DAIMLER AG, Petitioner v. Barbara BAUMAN et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Dupree, Jr. , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Edwin S. Kneedler , Washington, DC, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Kevin Russell , Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Justs N. Karlsons , Matthew J. Kemner , David M. Rice , Troy M. Yoshino , Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP, San Francisco, Theodore B. Olson , Daniel W. Nelson , Thomas H. Dupree, Jr. , Counsel of Record, Amir C. Tayrani , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for Petitioner.

Kevin K. Russell , Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Counsel of Record, Washington, DC, Pamela S. Karlan , Jeffrey L. Fisher , Stanford Law School, Supreme Court, Litigation Clinic, Stanford, Terrence P. Collingsworth , Christian Levesque , Conrad & Scherer, LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.


Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the authority of a court in the United States to entertain a claim brought by foreign plaintiffs against a foreign defendant based on events occurring entirely outside the United States. The litigation commenced in 2004, when twenty-two Argentinian residents1 filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against DaimlerChrysler...

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