State v. American Tobacco Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, “[a]s to the control element of the agency relationship, the amount of control the parent exercises must be very significant”
• holding that the parent-subsidiary relationship “is insufficient to form a basis for the assertion of personal jurisdiction” over the subsidiary’s parent company
• stating that control by the principal over the agent is a necessary element of agency
• noting that subsidiary and parent’s interchangeable involvement in business affairs with plaintiff favored alter ego or agency relationship
• stating that control by the principal over the agent is a necessary element of agency
• confirming that statements which establish goals for subsidiaries \are normal for a sole shareholder to give its subsidiary\ and \[do] not show the operational control of the subsidiary which is necessary to establish personal jurisdiction\

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