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First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior De Cuba

United States.  17 June 1983 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — State corporation — Whether to be treated as alter ego of the State — Whether entitled to immunity from suit — Nature of separate legal personality — Whether corporation liable in respect of acts performed by the State — Whether debtor of corporation may assert counterclaim in respect of expropriation by State — Law determining effects of corporation’s personality — Whether matter of international law — Whether equitable principles require Court to ignore corporation’s separate personality

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Customary international law — Application as part of United States law — Principles common to United States federal common law and international law — The law of the United States

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1989

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