22 U.S.C. § 252
Section 252 · 252 to 254. Repealed. Pub. L. 95393, 3(a)(1), Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 808
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case United States v. Deutsches Kal-Isyndikat Gesellschaft (1929)
Most recently applied in Traore v. State (July 1981)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section 252, R.S. 4063, related to the immunity of any ambassador or public minister of any foreign prince or State, or any domestic or domestic servant of any such minister against arrest, imprisonment, or seizure of his goods or chattels. Section 253, R.S. 4064, related to imprisonment for not more than three years of anyone suing out a writ or process in violation of the provisions of former section 252 of this title, granting diplomatic immunity to certain persons. Section 254, R.S. 4065, 4066, related to suits against persons in the service of an ambassador or public minister founded upon a debt contracted before entering such service, and registration of the names of persons serving as domestic servants of an ambassador or a public minister with the State Department.