New York Hanseatic Corporation v. Federal Republic of Germany.

Abstract

State territory — Miscellaneous — Federal German territory as understood in Treaties of October 23,1954 — Special status of Berlin.

Arbitration — Procedure — Competence to determine jurisdiction — Duty to determine jurisdiction vested in Court of lower instance from which appeal is heard.

Treaties — Special kinds of — Treaties of peace — Analogous instruments — Convention on Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and the Occupation, 1952–1954 — Restitution — Right to claim under Article 1, Chapter Ten, of Convention — Whether Berlin part of “Federal territory”.