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Point of Final Loading and Routing is Place of Shipment for Purposes of Valuing Lost Cargo; Private Carrier's Both-to-Blame Clause is Enforceable---Allseas Maritime, S.A. v. M/V Mimosa, 574 F. Supp. 844 (S.D. Tex. 1983).
LAND-BASED NEGLIGENCE CAUSING AN AIRPLANE CRASH IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS FALLS WITHIN ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION--Miller v. United States, 18 Av. CAS. (CCH) 17,912 (11th Cir. 1984).
FREIGHT FORWARDER WHO BREACHES A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO HIS SHIPPER VIOLATES THE WIRE FRAUD STATUTE--United States v. Armand Ventura, 724 F.2d 305 (2d Cir. 1983).
IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OBTAINED BY ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT FROM IN REM JURISDICTION--Belcher Co. v. MIV Maratha Mariner, 724 F.2d 1161 (5th Cir. 1984).
CITIZEN OF THAILAND DENIED SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION FOR FAILING TO MEET THE "CONTINUOUS PHYSICAL PRESENCE" REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 244(a)(1) OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT--Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Phinpathya, 104 S.Ct. 584 (1984).
PRE- AND POSTJUDGMENT INTEREST ABOVE THE LIABILTY LIMIT IMPOSED BY THE WARSAW CONVENTION AND MONTREAL AGREEMENT MAY BE AWARDED IN AIRLINE CRASH TORT CLAIMS--Domangue v. Eastern Airlines, Inc., 722 F.2d 256 (5th Cir. 1984).
ISSUER OF LETTER OF CREDIT NOT LIABLE FOR NONPAYMENT WHEN ORIGINAL CREDIT EXPIRED AND TRANSACTIONS CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL CREDIT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THEIR TERMS--Banco Nacional de Desarrollo v. Mellon Bank, 726 F.2d 87 (3d Cir. 1984).
DOMESTIC SHAREHOLDER OF FOREIGN CORPORATION SEEKING DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AND INJUNCTION AGAINST THE SEIZURE OF FOREIGN CORPORATE PROPERTY BY THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT STATE A CLAIM FOR WHICH RELIEF CAN BE GRANTED--Ramirez de Arellano v. Weinberger, 724 F.2d 143(D.C. Cir. 1983).
TORTURE IS AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME FOR WHICH PUNITIVE DAMAGES MAY BE AWARED--Filartiga v. Peha-Irala, 577 F. Supp. 860 (E.D.N.Y. 1984).
REGISTRANT MAY REGISTER FOREIGN WORD TRADEMARK WHEN ONLY SIMILARITY TO ENGLISH WORD TRADEMARK IS ITS CONNOTATION--In re Sarkli, Ltd., 721 F.2d 353 (Fed. Cir. 1983).
DEFENDANTS NEED NOT BE ACCORDED A JURY TRIAL IN THE COMMONWEALTH TRIAL COURTS OF UNITED STATES TRUST TERRITORIES--Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands v. Atalig,723 F.2d 682 (9th Cir. 1984).
SWISS RESIDENT MUST COMPLY WITH ORDER TO COMPEL DISCOVERY DESPITE THE FACT THAT COMPLIANCE MAY SUBJECT HIM TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IN SWITZERLAND--Laitram Corp. v. Hale, No. C-1189 (4th Cir. Aug. 12, 1983).
FOREIGN CORPORATION MUST ANSWER GRAND JURY SUBPOENA WHEN SUBJECT MATTER OF LITIGATION IS RELATED TO CORPORATION'S CONTACT WITH THE JURISDICTION--In re Grand Jury Subpoena Directed to Marc Rich & Co., A.G., No. M-11-188 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 13, 1983).
Recommended Citation
Law Review Staff,
Case Digest,
17 Vanderbilt Law Review
537
(1984)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol17/iss2/5