The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower court decision in favor of DaimlerChrysler AG in a lawsuit that alleged a subsidiary of the corporation committed human rights violations in 1970s and '80s Argentina.

Matthew Kemner of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough's San Francisco office represented DaimlerChrysler in the appeal. Terry Collingsworth and Natacha Thys of International Rights Advocates in Washington, D.C., represented the plaintiffs. Calls to the lawyers late Friday were not immediately returned.

Northern District of California Judge Ronald Whyte was right to dismiss the case for lack of personal jurisdiction over Germany-based DaimlerChrysler AG, Judge Dorothy Nelson wrote in the opinion, also noting that the appellants could file claims in Germany and Argentina. Judge Mary Schroeder concurred, while Judge Stephen Reinhardt dissented, in Bauman v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation , 09 C.D.O.S. 11120 .

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