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Zernicek v. Brown and Root Inc and Others

United States.  11 September 1987 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Commercial activity exception — State corporation — Requirement of direct effect in the United States — Injuries inflicted abroad causing suffering in the United States — Whether constituting a direct effect — Waiver — Forum selection clauses — Incorporation by reference — Contract between general contractor and subcontractor selecting United States as forum — Whether forum selection clause incorporated by reference to earlier contract between State corporation and general contractor — United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — The law of the United States

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© Cambridge University Press 1993

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