Legal Opinion
Spacil v. Crowe
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1974No. 73-3599PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns executive preemption of the decision to grant a foreign sovereign immunity from suit in our courts.
On November 13, 1973, we granted a petition for a writ of mandamus in this action, directing the district court for the district of the Canal Zone “to order the release of the vessel ‘M/V Imias’ *615and to refrain from exercising any jurisdiction over that ship and over the action entitled Industria Azucerera Na-cional, S.A., et al v. Empresa Navega-ción Mambisa”. Because of the urgency of the matter, we granted the petition without then stating our reasons…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by25 opinions
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