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15 Int'l L. Update 1 (2009)

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A monthly report on public and private
international legal developments

In case of seventeen Chinese Muslims detained
at Guantanamo Bay and not classified as enemy
combatants, District of Columbia Circuit reverses
grant of habeas corpus because Habeas statute does
not grant detainees right to be admitted into United
States for release there 0 PAGE 2
Florida  Intermediate Court of Appeal reverses
refusal of lower court to domesticate foreign money
judgment where Defendant failed       to  challenge
sufficiency of process service in Israeli court thus
waiving that defense in Florida court under Florida's
Foreign Judgment Recognition Act 0- PAGE 3
In matter of first impression, Second Circuit affirms
conviction of Bahamian flag vessel's management
company, holding (1) that false entries in its oil record
book breached requirement of United States' Act to
Prevent Pollution on Ships and implementing Federal

Regulations (2) United States statute and regulations
do not conflict with international conventions against
marine pollution 0 PAGE 4
Second Circuit finds that clauses in Argentine
offering circulars for government bonds waiving
sovereign immunity in Frankfurt and Buenos Aires
courts, as well as for enforcement in other courts, also
waived immunity under Foreign Sovereign Immunities
Act thus supporting jurisdiction of U.S. court
0 PAGE 5
In trademark dispute between large United States
beverage maker and large Australian beverage maker
over use of Barefoot mark on wine, Australian
Federal Court of Appeal rules that Australian
company did infringe United States companys mark
1 PAGE 7

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