U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Aug. 23, 2014
Corporate personhood doesn't extend to executives, 9th Circuit rules
Corporate officers do not equal the corporation when it comes to the personal service of a lawsuit, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held on Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Corporations may be persons for campaign finance, religious freedom and other legal purposes - but corporate officers do not equal the corporation when it comes to the personal service of a lawsuit, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held on Thursday.
That was bad news for the heirs of a man killed in a 2010 plane crash near Cuba.
The heirs sued in the Northern District for product li...
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