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Spiess v. C. Itoh & Co. (America)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2017
Abstract
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- Judicial Decisions
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- Copyright © American Society of International Law 1981
References
1 469 F.Supp. 1 (S.D. Tex. 1979); for a more detailed summary, see 74 AJIL 195 (1980).
2 643 F.2d353,356.
3 “Unlike domestic legislation, treaties must create a common ground between differing cultures before the rights of the parties can be defined.” Ibid.
4 Id. at 357 (quoting Walker, , Provisions on Companies in United States Commercial Treaties, 50 AJIL 373, 380–83 (1956)Google Scholar).
5 Id. at 359.
6 Id. at 360. In addition, the plaintiffs contended that even if the American subsidiary of a Japanese company could enjoy immunity from U.S. employment laws, the United Nations Charter’s provision for freedom from racial discrimination superseded the Treaty. The court, however, did not agree.
7 638 F.2d 552 (2d Cir. 1981), 75 AJIL 671 (1981).
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