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Drexel Burnham Lambert Group Inc v. Committee of Receivers for Galadari et al

United States of America.  14 January 1993 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — State agency — Commercial activity — Implied waiver of immunity — Claim for breach of contract and repayment of debt against foreign State and State agency — Application for security for costs — State entity established by decree to manage assets on insolvency of business based in that State — State entity participating in litigation relating to insolvency in United States courts without raising defence of State immunity — Whether an implied waiver — Whether liquidation and management of assets a commercial activity — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Whether act of State doctrine applicable — The law of the United States

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© Cambridge University Press 1996

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