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Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, 592 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case that dealt with the applicability of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) for heirs of victims of the Holocaust to sue Germany in the United States court systems for compensation for items that were taken by the Nazi Party during World War II.
The shipping company sued Argentina in federal court claiming that Argentina's actions violated the Alien Tort Statute 28 U.S.C. § 1350 and general admiralty law. Because the Court found that the FSIA provided the exclusive means of suing the foreign sovereign, the Court determined that the plaintiffs were not permitted to bring suit under the ...
Hungary objected, contending that an American federal District Court lacked jurisdiction over it under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. [5] The case was appealed several times on the jurisdictional issue, reaching the Supreme Court in 2021. The Court remanded the case for further consideration in light of its decision in Germany v. Philipp.
It is the only consitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag was established by Title III [c] of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Grundgesetz, pronounced [ˈɡʁʊntɡəˌzɛt͡s] ⓘ) in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany, the other being the Bundesrat.
Philipp Rösler GOM (born 24 February 1973) [1] [2] [3] is a German former politician who served as federal minister of health from 2009 to 2011 and federal minister of economics and technology as well as vice-chancellor of Germany from 2011 to 2013. [4] Rösler was chairman of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2011 to 2013.
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The 4th German Bundestag, the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, was elected on 17 September 1961 and existed between 17 October 1961 and 17 October 1965. It held a total of 198 parliamentary sessions, with the last one being held on 23 July 1965.
Landtag (state parliament) of the state of Baden-Württemberg. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany divides authority between the federal government and the states (German: "Länder"), with the general principle governing relations articulated in Article 30: "Except as otherwise provided or permitted by this Basic Law, the exercise of state powers and the discharge of state ...