S and S Machinery Co. v. Masinexportimport and Romanian Bank for Foreign Trade

Abstract

States as international persons — In general — Sovereignty and independence — Waiver of rights — Sovereign immunity from prejudgment attachment — Explicit waiver — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Romania — United States Trade Agreement, 1975 — Waiver of immunity from suit or execution or other liability — Whether having any bearing upon waiver of immunity from prejudgment attachment — The law of the United States

Jurisdiction — In general — Territorial — Exemptions from and restrictions upon territorial jurisdiction — Foreign States — Sovereign immunity — Immunity from prejudgment attachment — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — State trading corporations and central banks — Whether agencies or instrumentalities of States within meaning of Section 1603(b) — Explicit waiver of immunity — Romania-United States Trade Agreement, 1975 — Waiver of immunity from suit or execution or other liability — Whether having any bearing upon waiver of immunity from prejudgment attachment — Relief by injunction — Whether possible — The law of the United States