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Commercial Bank of Kuwait v. Rafidain Bank and Central Bank of Iraq

United States of America.  19 January 1994 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Action against foreign State instrumentality — Commercial activity — Activities taken in connection with commercial activity performed outside jurisdiction — Default judgment entered for failure to make payments under loan agreements — payments to be made in United States — Whether reliance by plaintiff upon agents in United States to collect sums due to it constitutes direct effect in United States sufficient to establish jurisdiction — Whether “good cause” shown for denying motion for default judgment — The law of the United States

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© Cambridge University Press 1997

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