Topic: agency or instrumentality of a foreign state · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 9 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from John Gates v. Victor Fine Foods.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 John Gates v. Victor Fine Foods Anchor
ca9 · 1995
green “agency or instrumentality of a foreign state” 4
2 Lenwood Williams, Jr. v. The Shipping Corporation of India
ca4 · 1981
green “we think it is manifestly clear that in 1791 a suit against a foreign government could not be maintained in either the courts of america or england.” 3
3 Gardiner Stone Hunter v. Iberia Lineas Aereas
nysd · 1995
green “foreign state or political subdivision thereof.” 2

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