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Transamerican Steamship Corp. v. Somali Democratic Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Monroe Leigh
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 80 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 357 - 359
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1986

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References

1 590 F.Supp. 968 (D.D.C. 1984), summarized in 79 AJIL 749 (1985).

2 767 F.2d 998, 1001 (quoting H.R. Rep. No. 1487, 94th Cong., 2d Sess. 6 (1976)).

3 Section 1605(a)(2) of the FSIA provides:

A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States or of the States in any case . . . in which the action is based [1] upon a commercial activity carried on in the United States by the foreign state; or [2] upon an act performed in the United States in connection with a commercial activity of the foreign state elsewhere; or [3] upon an act outside the territory of the United States in connection with a commercial activity of the foreign state elsewhere and that act causes a direct effect in the United States.

28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2) (1982).

4 767 F.2d at 1003.

5 Id. at 1002.

6 Id. at 1003.

7 Id.

8 Id. at 1004 (relying upon Maritime Int’l Nominees Establishment v. Republic of Guinea, 693 F.2d 1094, 1110–11 (D.C. Cir. 1982), cert, denied, 464 U.S. 815 (1983), summarized in 77 AJIL 318 (1983)).

9 647 F.2d 300 (2d Cir. 1981), summarized in 75 AJIL 968 (1981).

10 647 F.2d at 309.

11 28 U.S.C. §1603(d) (1982).