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Gerding and Others v. Republic of France and Others

United States.  05 September 1991 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Whether presumption of immunity — Commercial activity exception — Requirement that commercial activity have substantial contact with the United States — Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement — Cable repair ships owned by treaty parties assigned to specific projects — Cable repair ship owned and operated by France assigned to project undertaken by United States corporation on the high seas — Requirement of sufficient nexus between cause of action and commercial activity undertaken in the United States — Action for wrongful death of employee of United States corporation on board cable repair ship on the high seas — Whether sufficient nexus between death of employee and earlier visit of ship and senior crew member to the United States — United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — The law of the United States

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© Cambridge University Press 1994

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