A corporate defendant is subject to general jurisdiction only in its place of incorporation and principal place of business. Decided January 14, 2014 (argued October 15, 2013). Opinion of the Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg → go there Applied: the Fourteenth Amendment → go there Topic: Personal jurisdiction. Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S. 117 (2014), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court answered whether an American court may exercise jurisdiction over a foreign company based on the fact that a subsidiary of the company acts on its behalf in the jurisdictional state. The court held that an American company cannot be sued for conduct occurring outside the United States and American courts do not have jurisdiction of such a claim. Wiki link