Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Company and Aramco Services

Abstract

617Jurisdiction — Territorial — Extraterritorial effect of legislation — United States Congress — Whether Congress possesses the authority to enforce its laws outside the United States — Presumption against extraterritorial effect — Whether presumption to be strictly applied — Evidence of clear congressional intention needed to rebut presumption — Anti-discrimination legislation — Whether applicable to United States citizen employed abroad by United States company — The law of the United States