Legal Opinion
Chemical Natural Resources, Inc. v. Republic of Venezuela
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 4, 1966No. Appeal, No. 141; No. 18, Miscellaneous Docket, No. 14PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
The Republic of Venezuela* (1) took an appeal, pursuant to the Act of March 5, 1925, P. L. 23 (12 P.S. §672 et seq.), from an Order of the Court below which decided it had jurisdiction of plaintiffs’ action of assumpsit, commenced by foreign attachment, and (2) filed in this Court an application petitioning this Court to issue a writ of mandamus or prohibition, or both, and dismiss plaintiffs’ action against it.
The principal question involved in each case is the legal effect of a Suggestion of Immunity made by the Department of State. The two actions were…
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