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Matter of Sedco, Inc.

United States of America.  30 March 1982 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Jurisdiction — In general — Territorial — Exemptions from and restrictions upon territorial jurisdiction — Foreign States — Oil spill — Foreign State-owned corporation — Sovereign immunity — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Commercial activity exception — Relevance of contractual relationship in determining whether activity commercial — Whether act of drilling uniquely sovereign — Non-commercial tort exception to grant of immunity — Purpose — Whether tort as a whole occurred within United States — Whether acts discriminatory in nature — The law of the United States

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© Cambridge University Press 1987

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