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Nelson v. Saudi Arabia

United States.  21 February 1991 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Commercial activity exception — Distinction between commercial acts and sovereign acts — Distinction turning on nature rather than purpose of act — Whether recruitment of staff for a hospital a commercial activity — Recruitment of staff in United States to work in hospital in Saudi Arabia — Alleged false imprisonment and ill-treatment of member of staff by agents or employees of Saudi Government — Whether sufficiently closely connected with employment contract — Whether sufficient connection with the United States — United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — The law of the United States

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© Cambridge University Press 1992

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