Blabon et al. v. United States.

Abstract

Extraterritorial jurisdiction — Shanghai International Settlement — Relinquishment of extraterritorial rights — Effect of — Claims for compensation of former employees of Shanghai Municipal Council — Responsibility of State relinquishing extraterritorial rights — To its own nationals — The law of the United States of America.

The individual in international law — Position of — State control over private claims of its nationals — Relinquishment of extra territorial rights — Claims arising out of — By former employees of administration established under Capitulatory regime — The law of the United States of America.

State responsibility — Claims — State control over private claims — Relinquishment of extraterritorial rights in China — Responsibility of relinquishing State for private claims against Shanghai Municipal Council — Guaranty of payment by territorial sovereign — Adequacy of — The law of the United States of America.