Perkins v. Benguet Consol. Mining Co

In Perkins v. Benguet Consol. Mining Co. (1952) 342 U.S. 437, the defendant was a mining company incorporated under the laws of the Philippines. (Perkins v. Benguet Mining Co., supra, 342 U.S. at p. 439.) The defendant ceased its mining operations during Japan's World War II occupation of the Philippines. (Id. at p. 447.) The company president moved from the Philippines to Ohio, where he kept an office, maintained the company's files, and conducted the company's corporate activities. (Id. at pp. 447-448.) The Supreme Court concluded that the company was subject to general jurisdiction in Ohio (id. at p. 448.)