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                             THE  AMERICAN
                             LAW   INSTITUTE


                                   Fall 2023 Citations



      THE FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW OF THE

   UNITED STATES 4TH: SELECTED TOPICS IN

   TREATIES, JURISDICTION, AND SOVEREIGN

                                 IMMUNITY



            PART  IV. JURISDICTION,  STATE  IMMUNITY,   AND  JUDGMENTS

            CHAPTER 4.   JURISDICTION   AND  THE  LAW  OF OTHER   STATES

§ 441. Act of State Doctrine

C.A.2, 2022. Com. (a) quot. in sup.; com. (d) cit. in sup. Venezuelan state-owned oil company, which
issued bonds pursuant to proposed bond swap, and related entities brought an action for a declaratory
judgment against bond trustee and collateral agent, alleging that the issued bonds were void and
unenforceable, because they were issued without the approval of Venezuelan legislature in violation of
the Venezuelan constitution. The district court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment. This
court certified a question to state court, holding that resolution of state choice-of-law issues was
necessary to determine the validity of the bonds. Citing Restatement Fourth of Foreign Relations Law §
441, the court explained that, while the act-of-state doctrine required it to accept acts of foreign
sovereigns as valid, the doctrine did not preclude it from imposing extraterritorial legal consequences
arising from such acts in accordance with applicable law. Petr6leos de Venezuela S.A. v. MUFG Union
Bank, N.A., 51 F.4th 456, 467.



CHAPTER 8. RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS IN THE
                                   UNITED  STATES

§ 483. Mandatory Grounds for Nonrecognition

D.Mass.2022. Quot. in sup.; com. (c) quot. in sup. Massachusetts employer sued former employee who
worked for employer in Saudi Arabia and other countries, alleging that, after his termination, employee
wrongfully obtained a Saudi Arabian judgment against employer that compensated him for work that
employer had already paid him for pursuant to the parties' at-will employment arrangement. This court
granted in part employee's motion to dismiss, holding that the Saudi Arabian judgment was entitled to

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