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Ruggiero, et al. v. Compania Peruana de Vapores, et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Monroe Leigh
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , July 1981 , pp. 664 - 666
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Copyright © The American Society of International Law 1981

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References

1 28 U.S.C. §1603 provides:

For purposes of this chapter—

  • (a) A “foreign state” . . . includes a political subdivision of a foreign state or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in subsection (b).

  • (b) An “agency or instrumentality of a foreign state” means any entity—

    • (1) which is a separate legal person, corporate or otherwise, and

    • (2) which is an organ of a foreign state or political subdivision thereof, or a majority of whose shares or other ownership interest is owned by a foreign state or political subdivision thereof. . . .

2 H. Rep. No. 94–1487, 94th Cong., 2d Sess. 13 (1976), reprinted in [1976] U.S. Code Cong. & Ad. News 6604, 6611–12. S. Rep. No. 94–1310, 94th Cong., 2d Sess. 12 (1976).

3 639 F.2d 872, 878.

4 See 5 J. W. Moore, Federal Practice ¶38.08[5], at 38–55 (1938).

5 639 F.2d at 878.

6 Icenogle v. Olympic Airways, 82 F.R.D. 36 (D.D.C 1979); Rex v. Cia. Peruana de Vapores, 493 F. Supp. 459 (E.D. Pa. 1980); Houston v. Murmansk Shipping Co., 87 F.R.D. 71 (D. Md. 1980); Lonon v. Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Basileiro, 85 F.R.D. 71 (E.D. Pa. 1979).

7 Rex v. Cia. Peruana de Vapores, 493 F. Supp. 459 (E.D. Pa. 1980); Houston v. Murmansk Shipping Co., 87 F.R.D. 71 (D. Md. 1980).

8 639 F.2d at 873 n.2.

9 See especially id. at 880–81.