Case Digest

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Law Review Staff

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Abstract

APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES LAW TO A FOREIGN SEAMAN'S SUIT DEPENDS UPON THE SUBSTANTIALITY OF THE FOREIGN DEFENDANT'S CONTACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES--Szumlicz v. Norwegian America Line, Inc., 698 F.2d 1192 (11th Cir. 1983).

RECOVERY PURSUANT TO THE FISHERMEN'S PROTECTIVE ACT FOR LOSSES RESULTING FROM SEIZURE OF VESSLS FISHING IN DISPUTED WATERS Is NOT LIMITED TO CITIZENS AND RESIDENT ALIENS OF THE UNITED STATES-CrUZ V. Zapata Ocean Resources, Inc., 695 F.2d 428 (9th Cir. 1982).

UNITED STATES SUPPORT OF CANADIAN SEARCH OF UNITED STATES VESSEL ON THE HIGH SEAS DID NOT VIOLATE DEFENDANT'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS--United States v. Hensel, 699 F.2d 18 (1stCir. 1983).

WARRANTLESS SEARCH AND SEIZURE OF FOREIGN FISHING VESSEL DOES NOT VIOLATE FOURTH OR FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS--United States v. Kaiyo Maru No. 53, 699 F.2d 989 (9thCir. 1983).

UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT IN EL SALVADOR HAS NOT YET VIOLATED THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OR THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961--Crockett v. Reagan, 558 F. Supp. 893 (D.D.C.1982).

UNITED STATES-CANADA TAX CONVENTION PERMITS THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION REQUESTED BY CANADA FOR A CIVIL TAX AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION--United States v. Manufacturers Traders Trust Co., 703 F.2d 47 (2d Cir. 1983).

BURDENSOME DIFFICULTY IN THE INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF FOREIGN LAW CANNOT BY ITSELF JUSTIFY Dismissal OF A CASE IN FAVOR OF A FOREIGN FORUM-Transamerica Interway, Inc. v. Commercial Union Assurance Co. of S. Africa, 97 F.R.D. 419(S.D.N.Y. 1983).

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF A FOREIGN STATE ARE DEEMED TO BE CARRIED ON IN THE UNITED STATES FOR PURPOSES OF DENYING FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IF ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE CONTRACT ESTABLISHING SAID COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES--Gibbons v. Udaras na Gaeltachta, 549 F. Supp. 1094 (S.D.N.Y. 1982).

Recommended Citation

Law Review Staff, Case Digest, 16 Vanderbilt Law Review 711 (1983)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol16/iss3/8