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Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act

Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act - Commercial Activity Exception - United States May Exercise Jurisdiction Over A Foreign Sovereign Who Has Issued Promissory Notes To A U.S. Corporation. Shapiro v. Republic of Bolivia, 930 F.2d 1013 (2d Cir. 1991).

Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act - Commercial Activity Exception - United States May Exercise Jurisdiction Over A Foreign Sovereign Who Has Issued Promissory Notes To A U.S. Corporation. Shapiro v. Republic of Bolivia, 930 F.2d 1013 (2d Cir. 1991).

... The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that Bolivia's issuance of negotiable promissory notes involved substantial contact with the United States for purposes of t[r] ...

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Foreign Sovereign Immunity   Fourth Circuit Disregards Congressional Intent by Holding That the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Does Not Apply to Individuals Acting within the Scope of Their Official Duties

Foreign Sovereign Immunity Fourth Circuit Disregards Congressional Intent by Holding That the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Does Not Apply to Individuals Acting within the Scope of Their Official Duties

... Foreign Sovereign Immunity Fourth Circuit Disregards Congressional Intent by Holding That the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Does Not Apply to Individuals Acting within the Scope of Their Official D[.] ...

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The Use of Procedure to Effect Equity: Section 1605(b) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976

The Use of Procedure to Effect Equity: Section 1605(b) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976

... In Jet Line, the commercial activity exception to foreign sover- eign immunity was applicable because GNMTC was created for the purpose of engaging in all facets of the[r] ...

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Seeking Accountability And Justice For Torture Victims: The Hurdle Of The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act In Suing Foreign Officials Under The Torture Victims Protection Act

Seeking Accountability And Justice For Torture Victims: The Hurdle Of The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act In Suing Foreign Officials Under The Torture Victims Protection Act

... on sovereign immunity juxtaposed with evolving ideas on jus cogens ...of foreign governments responsible for ...egregious. Foreign officials responsible for egregious human rights abuses ...

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Sovereign Immunity - The State Department’s Decision to Recognize and Allow the Claim of Sovereign Immunity is Binding upon the Courts and is not Subject to Review Under the Administrative Procedure Act

Sovereign Immunity - The State Department’s Decision to Recognize and Allow the Claim of Sovereign Immunity is Binding upon the Courts and is not Subject to Review Under the Administrative Procedure Act

... I Messages and Papers of the Presidents 194 (1897). The Court has apparently assumed that information concerning the conduct of foreign affairs comes within the commo[r] ...

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Restrictive Foreign Sovereign Immunity in the United Kingdom (UK): A Welcome Development in International Commercial Transactions

Restrictive Foreign Sovereign Immunity in the United Kingdom (UK): A Welcome Development in International Commercial Transactions

... absolute foreign State immunity to a great degree, appeared to stifle commercial transactions between contracting State parties and the private ...of foreign States from the English courts’ ...State ...

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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act - Immunity Exception Provisions of § 1330(A) - Harris Corp. v. National Iranian Radio & Television

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act - Immunity Exception Provisions of § 1330(A) - Harris Corp. v. National Iranian Radio & Television

... tion provisions of FSIA section 1330(a) when the agency maintains an office in the United States and demands payment under a letter of credit agreement negotiated [r] ...

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Tiered Entities and Sovereign Privileges Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Tiered Entities and Sovereign Privileges Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

... "Tiering" has allowed remote corporations competing in the commercial sector to gain either of two distinct advantages: immunity or the procedural benefits of the F[r] ...

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Foreign Sovereign Immunity- Communist and Socialist Organizations- Effect of State's system of property ownership on determination of Agency or Instrumentality Status under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976

Foreign Sovereign Immunity- Communist and Socialist Organizations- Effect of State's system of property ownership on determination of Agency or Instrumentality Status under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976

... which states that Britain accepts the restrictive theory in in rem proceedings.. It was labeled the restrictive theory because it granted immunity to foreign sovereigns w[r] ...

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Foreign Sovereign Immunity - Whether United States Embassies are Jurisdictional Territory Under the Non-Commercial Tort Exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Foreign Sovereign Immunity - Whether United States Embassies are Jurisdictional Territory Under the Non-Commercial Tort Exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

... European courts which have litigated the issue of whether the receiving state or the sending state has jurisdiction over embassies, have uniformly held that such ju[r] ...

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Sovereign Immunity - Taxation - Residence of Foreign Sovereign Diplomatic and Consular Staff is Immune from Taxation under a Bilateral Agreement and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Sovereign Immunity - Taxation - Residence of Foreign Sovereign Diplomatic and Consular Staff is Immune from Taxation under a Bilateral Agreement and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

... In 1976, the German Democratic Republic [hereinafter East Germany]' purchased an apartment building in Arlington County, Virginia [hereinafter County].' The building w[r] ...

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Must the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Bar International Human Rights Claims

Must the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Bar International Human Rights Claims

... In summary, most United States courts regard the Immunities Act as the exclusive means of obtaining jurisdiction over foreign sov- ereigns. The few exceptions to immu[r] ...

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Jurisdiction - The Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of the Jurisdictional Grant of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act over a Suit between an Alien and a Foreign Sovereign in United States District Court

Jurisdiction - The Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of the Jurisdictional Grant of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act over a Suit between an Alien and a Foreign Sovereign in United States District Court

... become important as a signal of the Supreme Court's willingness to increase federal jurisdiction over not only cases with no United States parties, but also domestic[r] ...

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Sovereign Immunity for Nuisance and Takings Claims in Texas after City of Dallas v  Jennings

Sovereign Immunity for Nuisance and Takings Claims in Texas after City of Dallas v Jennings

... Sovereign Immunity for Nuisance and Takings Claims in Texas after City of Dallas v Jennings SMU Law Review Volume 58 | Issue 1 Article 7 2005 Sovereign Immunity for Nuisance and Takings Claims in Texa[.] ...

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Sovereign Immunity -- Revisited but Still Not Refined

Sovereign Immunity -- Revisited but Still Not Refined

... of "basic governmental policy" which, if judicially reviewed, would result in second-guessing those decisions for which the government must exercise discretion i[r] ...

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Kimel and Beyond: Fifth Circuit Tackles Sovereign Immunity and the Family and Medical Leave Act in Kazimer v  Widmann

Kimel and Beyond: Fifth Circuit Tackles Sovereign Immunity and the Family and Medical Leave Act in Kazimer v Widmann

... Kimel and Beyond Fifth Circuit Tackles Sovereign Immunity and the Family and Medical Leave Act in Kazimer v Widmann SMU Law Review Volume 54 | Issue 1 Article 22 2001 Kimel and Beyond Fifth Circuit Ta[.] ...

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Limitations on Legislative Immunity: A New Era for Montana's Sovereign Immunity Doctrine

Limitations on Legislative Immunity: A New Era for Montana's Sovereign Immunity Doctrine

... This Court, having in a line of cases needlessly and illogically enlarged governmental immunity for negligence, now marches overzealously to the ultimate nonsense: a [r] ...

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Federal Tort Claims Act  An Alternative to the Exclusionary Rule, The

Federal Tort Claims Act An Alternative to the Exclusionary Rule, The

... The Tort Claims Act, as originally passed in 1946, does waive sovereign immunity and does create a judicial forum for a cause of action against the .government.95 But the last two sugges[r] ...

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Suing Foreign Governments in American Courts: The United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in Practice

Suing Foreign Governments in American Courts: The United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in Practice

... Suing Foreign Governments in American Courts The United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in Practice SMU Law Review Volume 33 | Issue 4 Article 3 1979 Suing Foreign Governments in American Cour[.] ...

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Service of Process under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976: The Arguments for Exclusivity

Service of Process under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976: The Arguments for Exclusivity

... matic service, 3 8 and the lack of a provision for court-ordred service when serving a foreign state or political subdivision indicate a con- gressional concern that [r] ...

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