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The act of state doctrine entered into American jurisprudence in the case Underhill v.Hernandez, 168 U.S. 250 (1897). [5] In an 1892 revolution, General José Manuel "Mocho" Hernández expelled the existing Venezuelan government and took control of Ciudad Bolívar, where plaintiff Underhill lived and ran a waterworks system for the city.
[1] [2] [3] The rule is part of the conflict of laws rules developed at common law, and forms part of the act of state doctrine. In State of Colorado v. Harbeck, 133 N.E. 357, 360 (N.Y. 1921) the court referred to The ... well-settled principle of private international law which precludes one state from acting as a collector of taxes for a ...
State act, state action, or act of state may refer to: Act of state doctrine, act of a sovereign state; State occasion; Exercise of the royal prerogative was formerly called an "act of state" State action, doctrine that only state actions are subject to regulation under the US Constitution; State action immunity doctrine, exemption from ...
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Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court case that determined that the policy of United States federal courts would be to honor the Act of State Doctrine, which dictates that the propriety of decisions of other countries relating to their internal affairs would not be questioned in the courts of the United States.
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) is a United States law, codified at Title 28, §§ 1330, 1332, 1391(f), 1441(d), and 1602–1611 of the United States Code, that established criteria as to whether a foreign sovereign state (or its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities) is immune from the jurisdiction of the ...
At least four U.S. Supreme Court justices have signaled support for an extreme legal doctrine that would give state legislatures unchecked power over elections and political maps.
Consular nonreviewability (sometimes written as consular non-reviewability, and also called consular absolutism) refers to the doctrine in immigration law in the United States where the visa decisions made by United States consular officers (Foreign Service Officers working for the United States Department of State) cannot be challenged in the United States judicial system.