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verlinden b.v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria

United States.  21 April 1980 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Sovereign immunity — State-owned corporations — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Personal jurisdiction — Commercial activity — Requirement of connection between commercial activity and United States — Contact between foreign State and foreign corporation — Whether fact that letter of credit is payable through New York bank a sufficient connection — Waiver of immunity — Whether agreement to submit dispute to arbitration in Paris a waiver of immunity before United States courts — Subject matter jurisdiction — Whether Federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction in case between foreigners — The law of the United States

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 1982

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