Brown v. Valmet-Appleton’s Empirical Analysis
77 F.3d 860 · 1996
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1602 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1603 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1604 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976)
Relies on Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp. · Saudi Arabia v. Nelson · Schultea v. Wood · Moran v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Arriba Limited v. Petroleos Mexicanos
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States or of the States in any case— (2) in which the action is based upon a commercial activity carried on in the United States by a foreign state; or upon an act performed in the United States in connection with a commercial activity of the foreign state elsewhere; or upon an act outside the territory of the United States in connection with a commercial activity of the foreign state elsewhere and that act causes a direct effect in the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“. . . includes a political subdivision of a foreign state or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in subsection (b). (b) An”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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