Do Foreign Corporations Have Rights?. Bank of Augusta v. Earle (1839) The Supreme Court had decided in this case that a corporation created in one state.

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Do Foreign Corporations Have Rights?

Bank of Augusta v. Earle (1839) The Supreme Court had decided in this case that a corporation created in one state does not have the unrestricted right to conduct business in another state. The Court stated: “Whenever a corporation makes a contract, it is the contract of the legal entity; of the artificial being created by the charter; and not the contract of the individual members. The only rights it can claim are the rights that are given to it in that character….”

Consequences: Although corporations could not be kept out of federal courtrooms (Deveaux, 1809), Corporations could be kept out of state territory (i.e. states could favor local business interests). Problem: What happens when a state imposes fees & taxes on foreign corporations already residing there?

Paul v. Virginia (1868) State of Virginia passed a statute that foreign corporations had to deposit security bonds with the State (but local corporations were not required to do so). Paul, agent for a N.Y. insurance company, claimed that this statute was in violation of Article IV of the Constitution.

Article IV Section 2: The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.

The Court’s response: “ The term citizens …applies only to natural persons…not to artificial persons created by the legislature….” Which theory of corporate personality is this?

XIV Amendment (ratified in 1868) Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (emphasis added)

Pembina Mining Co. v. Pennsylvania (1887) Pembina, a Colorado mining company, had an office in Philadelphia on which Penn- sylvania assessed an office tax (but not on offices of Pennsylvania corporations). Pembina claimed this tax was in violation of the ‘privileges and immunity clause’ of the XIV Amendment as well as the ‘equal protection clause’.

What happened? The Court noted that the ‘privileges and immunities’ clause was similar to Article IV. The Court stated: “The term citizens…applies only to natural persons…not to artificial persons created by the legislature….” However, ‘equal protection and due process’ was another story: “ Under the designation of person there is no doubt that a private corporation is included.”

So, has the Pembina Court adopted the ‘person’ theory? “ The inhibition of the amendment that no State shall deprive any person within its jurisdiction of the equal protection of the laws was designed to prevent any person or class of persons from being singled out as a special subject for discriminating and hostile legislation. Under the designation of person there is no doubt that a private corporation is included. [Such corpora- tions are merely associations of individuals united for a special purpose, and permitted to do business under a particular name….”]

Southern Railway Co. v. Greene (1909) Railway Co., chartered in Virginia, had an extensive network of lines in Alabama. Alabama imposed franchise tax on foreign corporations (but not on domestic ones). Railroad claimed it was not receiving equal protection of the laws. Court’s interpretation of ‘equal protection’: “equal laws, applying alike to all in the same situation.”

What theory of corporate personality do we find here? In reaching their decision the Court quoted the first two sentences of the Pembina case (but not the third).

Court’s conclusion in Greene case “That a corporation is a person, within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment, is no longer open to discussion.”

Diversity vs. Equal Protection Deveaux - group theory Letson – person theory Marshall – hybrid of group + person Statute (1958) – person theory Bank of Augusta – creature theory Paul v. Virginia – creature theory Pembina – group theory Greene – person theory