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J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro
In class, I will ask one of you (that the randomizer chooses) to answer the following question: You are a general counsel of a corporation located abroad. Your boss, the CEO of the company, comes into your office one day to say the following: "Counsel, our company manufactures and sells dangerous products. I want our company to sell our dangerous products to United States customers, as many as possible. But, United States law? United States courts? Who needs them? I do not want our company to get sued in any United States court. What should our business do?".
Does the plurality opinion in this case map an easy way for you to answer your CEO's question? If so, and if you do not like this result, what branch of government, according to the plurality, can address this problem, and how can it do so?
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