Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2021
Sovereign immunity — Foreign State-owned corporation — Restrictive theory of sovereign immunity — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Act a codification of the ‘Tate Letter’ — National airline — Passenger injured in foreign State while awaiting return flight to United States — Whether claim arising in connection with a commercial activity carried on in the United States — The law of the United States