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United States: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Decision in Helen Liu V. the Republic of China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1990

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* [Reproduced from the text provided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.]

1 The district court, in its order granting the ROC's motion to dismiss, stated that Henry Liu was killed by Chen Chi-li and Wu. Chen Chi-li, however, did not actually shoot Henry Liu, rather he recruited Wu and Tung. The ROC tribunals found that Chen Chi-li waited at a nearby gas station

2 The Restatement gives the following example of a judicial decree that would qualify as an act of state: 6.State A obtains by eminent domain proceedings title to an electric utility system in its territory. The vesting of title is an act of state within the meaning of the rule stated in this Section.See, Restatement (Second) of Foreign Relations Law of the United States §41 at 128.

3 A recent law review note discusses this issue.See, Note, When Nations Kill: The, Liu Case and the Act of State Doctrine in Wrongful Death Suits., 12 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 465, 483-84 (1989). Because the parties have not had the opportunity to address the arguments presented in the Note, we do not rely upon it.