In Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown, 564 U.S. 915 (2011), the estates of two minor North Carolina residents who died in a bus accident that occurred in France brought an action in a North Carolina state court against several subsidiaries of a United States tire manufacturer, including subsidiaries organized and operating in Luxembourg, Turkey, and France. The United States Supreme Court held that the North Carolina court lacked both specific and general jurisdiction over the foreign subsidiaries. The foreign subsidiaries were not registered to do business in North Carolina; had no place of business, employees, or bank accounts there; did not design, manufacture, or advertise their products in North Carolina; and did not solicit business in the state or sell or ship tires to North Carolina customers. The plaintiffs tried to argue that the North Carolina court had jurisdiction because "a small percentage of their the subsidiaries' tires were distributed in North Carolina by other Goodyear USA affiliates", and The North Carolina Court of Appeals decided that the state court had general jurisdiction over the foreign subsidiaries, whose tires had reached North Carolina through the stream of commerce. The United States Supreme Court reversed with an opinion that stated "confusing or blending general and specific jurisdictional inquiries," the North Carolina courts had erroneously found jurisdiction. In reference to the tenuous relationship between the foreign subsidiaries and North Carolina, the Supreme Court stated: "A connection so limited between the forum and the foreign corporation, we hold, is an inadequate basis for the exercise of general jurisdiction."