Torts!

Resource 5 . 2 . 1

4 minutes

Shen v. Leo A. Daly Co. : "The Confined-to-Taiwan Case"

Jonathan Zittrain,

Jordi Weinstock

Should we recognize false imprisonment in situations where the boundaries of plaintiff’s ‘confinement’ extend far beyond a single room (for example, if they extend to the boundaries of an entire country)?

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

222 F.3d 472

Nos. 99-3174, 99-3333

2000-08-02

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