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IIT and Others v. Vencap Ltd and Others

United States.  28 April 1975 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Activities by foreign corporation in United States designed to defraud foreigners abroad — Whether within the jurisdiction of the United States courts — Securities transactions — Effects of fraudulent trading — Small group of fundholders in international investment trust United States nationals or residents — Whether sufficient effect within the United States to justify jurisdiction — Personal jurisdiction — Whether United States has power to prescribe conduct of United States citizens abroad — Whether fact that defendant company owned by a United States citizen sufficient

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Customary international law — Enforcement by municipal courts — United States Alien Tort Statute — Violation of the law of nations — Meaning — Whether violation of rule common to the laws of all States a violation of the law of nations — Whether violation must be of a rule applicable between States or between State and foreign national — The law of the United States

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1990

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