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Third-Party Removal Of An Entire Case: Who Can Remove, Who Cannot

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Inadequacy Of Legal Remedy Requirement For Equitable Relief: The Development Of The Rule And Its Application In South Carolina, Val H. Stieglitz

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Political Question Doctrine In State Courts, Nat S. Stern

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Property—Meeting The Due Process Requirements Of Notice To Mortgagees In Tax Sales, Jerry L. Malone

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Transnational Litigation In American Courts: An Overview Of Problems And Issues, Robert B. Von Mehren

Penn State International Law Review

This Article discusses problems and issues that attorneys practicing in the area of transnational litigation must understand. These issues include obtaining jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, and service of summons.

Recent Decisions, Jonathan F. Mack, Jesse T. Wilkins, Joseph A. Dijulio

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Constitutional Law--Grandfather Clause in International Emergency Economic Powers Act Permits the President to Ban Travel to Cuba without Declaring an Emergency Regan v. Wald, 104 S. Ct. 3026 (1984)

Jurisdiction--Bank may not Assert Act of State Doctrine as Defense in Action on Certificate of Deposit Garcia v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., 735 F.2d 645 (2d Cir. 1984).

Jurisdiction--Commercial Activity as Applied to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the Act of State Doctrine Braka v. Bancomer, S.A., 589 F. Supp. 1465 (S.D.N.Y. 1984)

Courts, Statutes And Administrative Agency Jurisdiction: A Consideration Of Limits On Judicial Creativity, Jonathan Mallamud

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Case Digest, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

A Preliminary Injunction to Prevent a Party from Taking Action in a Foreign Jurisdiction that would Destroy United States Jurisdiction does not Violate Principles of Prescriptive Jurisdiction or International Comity--Laker Airways,Ltd. v. Sabena, Belgian World Airlines, 731 F.2d 909 (D.C. Cir.1984).

International Carriers are Subject to the Private Laws of a Foreign State when Carriers are Party to Trade Agreements with that Foreign State and are Doing Business within its Territorial Jurisdiction--British Airways Boardv. Laker Airways, Ltd., [1984] 3 W.L.R. 413; 23 I.L.M. 727.

Court of International Trade has Jurisdiction over Claims Challenging Regulations Governing the Importation of Goods Bearing …

The Euro-Siberian Gas Pipeline Dispute - A Compelling Case For The Adoption Of Jurisdictional Codes Of Conduct, Patrizio Merciai

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Remarks On Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Michael Blechman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In United States jurisprudence, two quite different legal concepts are both labeled jurisdiction. In personam or personal jurisdiction refers to the extent to which a court has power over a particular defendant. Subject matter jurisdiction is an entirely different concept that addresses the question of whether a particular law is intended to apply to different kinds of conduct. In the antitrust area, for example, obtaining subject matter jurisdiction depends upon whether conduct within the United States has a sufficient impact on interstate commerce or foreign conduct has a sufficient impact on United States domestic or export commerce to be within …

Obtaining Evidence Abroad, Harry J. O'Kane

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This talk will avoid a discussion of whatever problems exist in true international litigation. True international litigation may be defined as that body of law devoted to disputes between nations and governmental bodies which are addressed in nonterritorial world courts or those courts accepting the disputes under their own system of jurisprudence. My remarks will focus on the problems in obtaining evidence in a country other than the United States for use in a suit within the United States. A tabular listing of information relating to what can and cannot be accomplished in the way of obtaining evidence in various …

Case Digest, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

THE UNITED STATES MAY EXERCISE JURISDICTION OVER PERSONSON A "STATELESS" VESSEL WITHOUT SHOWING A NEXUS BETWEEN THE VESSEL AND THE UNITED STATES--United States v. Pinto-Mejia, 720 F.2d 248 (2d Cir. 1983).

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ALIEN RETAINS RIGHT TO DEPORTATION PROCEEDING AFTER RETURNING FROM AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE NOTWITHSTANDING THAT IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE PERMISSION TO DEPART WAS STYLED AS AN "ADVANCE PAROLE"--Joshi v. District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Serv., 720 F.2d 799 (1983).

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NO VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW WHEN EQUIPMENT LOCATED IN UNITED STATES RECORDS TRANSNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS--United States v. Romano, 706 F.2d 370 (2d Cir. 1983).

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UNITED STATES MANUFACTURERS HAVE A CAUSE …

Case Digest, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Point of Final Loading and Routing is Place of Shipment for Purposes of Valuing Lost Cargo; Private Carrier's Both-to-Blame Clause is Enforceable---Allseas Maritime, S.A. v. M/V Mimosa, 574 F. Supp. 844 (S.D. Tex. 1983).

LAND-BASED NEGLIGENCE CAUSING AN AIRPLANE CRASH IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS FALLS WITHIN ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION--Miller v. United States, 18 Av. CAS. (CCH) 17,912 (11th Cir. 1984).

FREIGHT FORWARDER WHO BREACHES A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO HIS SHIPPER VIOLATES THE WIRE FRAUD STATUTE--United States v. Armand Ventura, 724 F.2d 305 (2d Cir. 1983).

IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OBTAINED BY ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT FROM IN REM JURISDICTION--Belcher Co. v. MIV …

Advisory Opinions Of The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights, Bert B. Lockwood Jr.

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Criminal Jurisdiction: Jurisdiction To Sentence And Convict For Lesser Included Offenses Under The Major Crimes Act: A Critical Assessment Of The Keeble Legacy, Susan M. Mcgoldrick

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

Marc Rich: An Expansion Of United States Criminal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants, Debra Pogrund Stark

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

This Note will first examine how jurisdiction was asserted over Marc Rich & Co. through the district court's application of two theories of jurisdiction31 (the presence/doing business test and the transactingbusiness test) and the court of appeals' application of three theories of jurisdiction32 (the detrimental consequences test, the presence/doing business test, and the transacting business test).33 This Note will argue that Marc Rich underscores the inadequacy of the presence/doing busi- ness test in protecting a state's interest in prosecuting alleged violations of its laws.34 According to the district court, jurisdiction over Marc Rich & Co. would not have existed under …

The Arbitration Of A Public Securities Dispute, Constantine N. Katsoris

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.