Legal Opinion
Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 22, 2003No. 01-593PublishedCited by 437 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
Foreign states may invoke certain rights and immunities in litigation under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of *4711976 (FSIA or Act), Pub. L. 94-583, 90 Stat. 2891. Some of the Act’s provisions also may be invoked by a corporate entity that is an “instrumentality” of a foreign state as defined by the Act. Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc., 504 U. S. 607, 611 (1992); Verlinden B. V. v. Central Bank of Nigeria, 461 U. S. 480, 488 (1983). The corporate entities in this action claim instrumentality status to invoke the Act’s provisions allowing removal of state-court actions to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Nordic Village, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Mertens v. Hewitt AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. BestfoodsSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of NigeriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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