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You're It! Tag Jurisdiction Over Corporations In Canada, Tanya J. Monestier
You're It! Tag Jurisdiction Over Corporations In Canada, Tanya J. Monestier
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In September 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Chevron v. Yaiguaje, a case that legal commentators had been keeping an eye on for years. The Chevron case has spanned several decades as well as several continents, and the enforcement action in Ontario was the latest in a series of procedural moves aimed at enforcing a nearly $10 billion Ecuadorian judgment against the oil giant. In Chevron, the plaintiffs sought to have the judgment enforced in Ontario against both Chevron (the judgment debtor) and Chevron Canada (a seventh-level indirect subsidiary of the judgment debtor). The Chevron case …
Recent Decisions, Jonathan F. Mack, Jesse T. Wilkins, Joseph A. Dijulio
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)
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Case Digest--
Spouse of Injured Seaman May Recover Damages for Loss of Society under Maritime Common Law
Federal District Court Lacks Jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1350 over Fraud Action Brought by Alien when Claim Fails to Implicate a Treaty or Body of Rules Governing Relations between Foreign States
Jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Requires at Least a Finding of International Shoe "Minimum Contacts"
Appellate Court will not Review the Post-Settlement Appeal of a Pre-Settlement Provisional Remedy without District Court Consideration of the Intervening Events
Foreign States are Subject to Liability for Non-Commercial Torts arising from the Commercial …
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
1. ADMIRALTY
"CONTACTS" TEST BASED ON 99 PERCENT AMERICAN OWNERSHIP OF A FOREIGN CORPORATION WILL NOT BE APPLIED TO CIRCUMVENT THE RECIPROCITY PROVISION OF THE PUBLIC VESSELS ACT
SEARCH OF A U.S. VESSEL ON THE HIGH SEAS PURSUANT TO STATUTE AUTHORIZING SAFETY INSPECTIONS BY THE U.S. COAST GUARD MAY NOT BE ASSISTED BY AGENTS OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
LAND-BASED TORT PRINCIPLES OF NEGLIGENCE APPLY TO LIABILITY OF VESSELS FOR INJURIES TO LONGSHOREMEN RATHER THAN PRINCIPLES OF UNSEAWORTHINESS OR VIOLATION OF NONDELEGABLE DUTY
2. ALIEN'S RIGHTS
INTERRUPTION OF AN ALIEN'S PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND INVESTOR STATUS OF AN ALIEN …
Recent Decisions, Dennis L. Bryant, Kurt H. Decker, Paul S. Parker, Charles M. Jackson, Daniel A. Green, Douglass H. Mori
Recent Decisions, Dennis L. Bryant, Kurt H. Decker, Paul S. Parker, Charles M. Jackson, Daniel A. Green, Douglass H. Mori
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
ADMIRALTY--NON-LIEN MARITIME CLAIM--SALVOR WAIVED SALVAGE LIEN BY SEIZING VESSEL PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF AGREED PAYMENT PERIOD BUT SALVAGE CLAIM COULD BE SATISFIED FROM REMNANTS AND SURPLUS
Dennis L. Bryant Lt., US. Coast Guard
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COMPTROLLER GENERAL--ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION BINDING ON COMPTROLLER GENERAL IN EXIMBANK CREDIT EXTENSIONS TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
Kurt H. Decker
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FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW--ACQUISITION OF CONTROL OF DOMESTIC MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION BY A WHOLLY OWNED FOREIGN GOVERNMENTAL CORPORATION DOES NOT PER SE CREATE AN UNREASONABLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ACQUIRER AND ITS DUTIES TO THE DOMESTIC CORPORATION AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS; NOR IS THE ACQUISITION CONTRARY …