Legal Opinion
OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 1, 2015No. 13-1067PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act shields foreign states and their agencies from suit in United States courts unless the suit falls within one of the Act's specifically enumerated exceptions. This case concerns the scope of the commercial activity exception, which withdraws sovereign immunity in any case "in which the action is based upon a commercial activity *393 carried on in the United States by [a] foreign state." 28 U.S.C. § 1605 (a)(2).
Respondent Carol Sachs is a resident of California who purchased in the United States a Eurail pass for rail travel in Europe. She suffered traumatic…
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- Carol Sachs v. Republic of AustriaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
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