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Williams and Humbert Ltd v. W & H Trade Marks (Jersey) Ltd
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2021
Abstract
Relationship of international law and municipal law — Act of State — Expropriatory legislation enacted by foreign State — Whether United States courts will question the validity of such legislation — Recognition and enforcement of foreign laws — Grounds for refusing enforcement — Foreign law expropriating shares in company — Taking allegedly unaccompanied by compensation — Effect on subsidiary company’s assets located in the United States
Expropriation — Compensation — Whether provision for compensation in expropriatory legislation conclusive evidence that compensation paid — United States policy against expropriation without compensation — Extraterritorial effect of expropriation — Company’s assets located in the United States
Jurisdiction — Extraterritorial — Effect of expropriation by Spain of shares in Spanish company on subsidiary company’s assets in the United States — The law of the United States
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