Tag: FO
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Forum State
Claims for Alimony or Property in Forum StateIn Esenwein v. Commonwealth,63 decided on the same day as the second Williams case, the Supreme Court also sustained a Pennsylvania court in its refusal to recognize an ex parte Nevada decree on the ground that the husband who obtained it never acquired a…
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Foreign Judgments
Fraud as a Defense to Suits on Foreign JudgmentsWith regard to whether recognition of a state judgment can be refused by the forum state on other than jurisdictional grounds, there are dicta to the effect that judgments for which extraterritorial operation is demanded under Article IV, § 1 and …
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Foreign States
Suits by Foreign StatesThe privilege of a recognized foreign state to sue in the courts of another state upon the principle of comity is recognized by both international law and American constitutional law.1 To deny a sovereign this privilege "w…
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Forces Agreements
Status of Forces AgreementsStatus of Forces Agreements, negotiated pursuant to authorizations contained in treaties between the United States and foreign nations in the territory of which American troops and their dependents are stationed, afford the United States a qualified privilege, which may be…
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Foreign Expropriation
Congress and the President versus Foreign ExpropriationCongress has asserted itself in one area of protection of United States property abroad, making provision against uncompensated expropriation of property belonging to United States citizens and corporations. The problem of expropriation of forei…
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Formative Power
A Formal or a Formative PowerIn his attack, instigated by Jefferson, upon Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793 at the outbreak of war between France and Great Britain, Madison advanced the argument that all large questions of foreign policy fell within the ambit of Congress, by virtue…
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Foreign Commerce
Foreign Commerce and State PowersState taxation and regulation of commerce from abroad are also subject to negative commerce clause constraints. In the seminal case of Brown v. Maryland,1 in the course of striking down a state statute requiring "…