Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 26, 1991No. 89-1838PublishedCited by 749 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
These cases present the issue whether Title VII applies extraterritorially to regulate the employment practices of United States employers who employ United States citizens abroad. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth *247Circuit held that it does not, and we agree with that conclusion.
Petitioner Boureslan is a naturalized United States citizen who was born in Lebanon. The respondents are two Delaware corporations, Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco), and its subsidiary, Aramco Service Company (ASC). Aramco’s principal place of business is Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and it is licensed…
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