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cthulu2016

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4. The Supreme Court has never said that corporations are persons

Reply to lavenderdiva (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 02:29 PM

Jan 2013

The Supreme Court has, in several contexts, said that corporations have the legal status of persons in specific legal situations.

Being a passenger in a car is not one of those. A corporation cannot be a passenger in a car... a corporation does not have a corporeal form, and does not require transportation for itself.

A corporation can, however, be a party in a lawsuit. It it did not have personhood for that purpose you couldn't sue a corporation. You cannot sue a rock or a cat or a color.

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Does corporate 'personhood' apply to the HOV lane? [View all] lavenderdiva Jan 2013 OP

It Should Not. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #1

Only if the corporation is driving. Orrex Jan 2013 #2

no corps are people but they are not natural people leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #3

The Supreme Court has never said that corporations are persons cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #4

Even if you accept that a corporation is a person, "incorporation papers" are not a corporation. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #5