Legal Opinion
W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 22, 1990No. 87-2066PublishedCited by 268 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
In this case we must decide whether the act of state doctrine bars a court in the United States from entertaining a cause of action that does not rest upon the asserted invalidity of an official act of a foreign sovereign, but that does require imputing to foreign officials an unlawful motivation (the obtaining of bribes) in the performance of such an official act.
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The facts as alleged in respondent s complaint are as follows: In 1981, Harry Carpenter, who was then chairman of the board and chief executive officer of petitioner W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co., Inc. (Kirkpatrick), learned that the…
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