Legal Opinion
Traore v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 1, 1981No. [No. 27, September Term, 1980.]PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEldridge, J.
From 1790 to 1978 this country granted broad criminal and civil immunity for any foreign ambassador or minister and his domestic servants, 22 U.S.C. § 252 (1976). 1 Effective December 29, 1978, Congress repealed this statute and allowed the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and Optional Protocol on Disputes ("Vienna Convention”) to govern the matter of diplomatic immunity. 2 The Vienna Convention provides a much narrower scope for diplomatic immunity, including, inter alia, the provision that service staff employees have immunity only for acts performed in the course of their official…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Banco Nacional De Cuba v. SabbatinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of CubaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ex Parte Republic of PeruSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Claridge Apartments Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Langston v. RiffeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
- Spielman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
- Grasslands Plantation, Inc. v. Frizz-King Enterprises, LLCCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2009
- Diallo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2010
- United Insurance Co. of America v. Maryland Insurance AdministrationCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2016
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