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Jackson v. People's Republic of China, 596 F.Supp. 386
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2017
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1 See Jackson v. People’s Republic of China, 550 F.Supp. 869 (N.D. Ala., E.D. 1982), summarized in 77 AJIL 146 (1983).
2 A notice of appeal was filed on Nov. 15, 1984.
3 To support these points, the court quoted from established Supreme Court precedents, Union Pac. R.R. v. Laramie Stock Yards Co., 231 U.S. 190 (1913), and Home Bldg. & Loan Ass’n v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398 (1934).
4 28 U.S.C. §1602(1982).
5 Pub. L. No. 94-583, sec. 8, 90 Stat. 2891, 2898 (1976).
6 See Corporacion Venezolana de Fomento v. Vintero Sales Corp., 629 F.2d 786 (2d Cir. 1980), cert, denied sub nom. Corporacion Venezolana de Fomento v. Merban Corp., 449 U.S. 1080 (1981); Amoco Overseas Oil Co. v. Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Navigation, 605 F.2d 648 (2d Cir. 1979); Ohntrup v. Firearms Center Inc., 516 F.Supp. 1281 (E.D. Pa. 1981).
7 See, e.g., Yessenin-Volpin v. Novosti Press Agency, 443 F.Supp. 849 (S.D.N.Y. 1978); Corporacion Venezolana de Fomento v. Vintero Sales Corp., 629 F.2d 786, 790 (2d Cir. 1980). In the latter case, the court found that the “henceforth” language applied only to the substantive immunity provisions of the Act, and not to the jurisdictional section, as to which “[t]he Preamble [of the FSIA] does not purport to say anything about the retroactive application . . . .” Id. (footnote omitted).
8 Vintero Sales, 629 F.2d at 790.
9 See, e.g., Mexico v. Hoffman, 324 U.S. 30 (1945).