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Litigation of Soverign Immunity Questions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

J. Roderick Heller III*
Affiliation:
Of the District of Columbia Bar

Abstract

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Type
Litigating the Immunity of Foreign Sovereigns: Selected Problems of Presenting Your Case in the Courts and the Executive Branch
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1976

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References

1 26 Dept. State Bull. 984 (1952).

2 Republic International Corp. v. Amco Engineers, Inc. 516 F.2d 161, 164-66 (9th Cir. 1975); Petrol Shipping Corp. v. Kingdom of Greece, Ministry of Commerce, 360 F.2d 103, 108 (2d Cir.) cert, denied, 385 U.S. 931 (1966); Renchard v. Humphreys&Harding, Inc., 59 F.R.D. 530, 531-32 (D.D.C. 1973).

3 Signed at Vienna, April 18, 1961; entered into force for the U.S. on Dec. 13, 1972, 23 UST 3227, TIAS No. 5702.

4 71 Dept. State Bull. 1840 (1974).

5 According to Bruno Ristau, Chief, Foreign Litigation Department—Civil Division— Department of Justice, at least the following countries serve the U.S. Government through diplomatic channels: Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Republic, and the United Kingdom.

6 11 ILM 470 (1973).

7 318 U.S. 578(1943).

8 489 F.2d 614, 618 (5th Cir. 1974).

9 295 F. 2d 24 (4th Cir. 1961).

10 420 PA. 134, 215 A.2d 864 (1966); cert denied, 385 U.S. 822 (1966).

11 Spacil v. Crowe, supra, 489 F.2d at 617.

12 13 Harv. Int'L L.J. 527 (1972).

13 Letter in 15 ILM 88 (1976).