Jurisdiction — In general — Territorial — Exemptions from and restrictions upon — Foreign States — Jurisdictional immunities — Distinction between acts jure imperii and jure gestionis — Contract concluded under forms, methods and rules of private law — Whether jurisdictional immunity to be granted only where contract included clauses entailing exercise of governmental prerogatives on foreign territory — Contract relating to building and renting of dwelling houses for American military personnel in France — The law of France.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from — Public ships and other property of foreign States — Whether Cuban ships lying in Canadian port subject to proceedings in rem — The law of Canada.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from and restrictions upon — Foreign armed forces — N.A.T.O. Status of Forces Agreement, 1951 — Convention of London, 1951 (Article VIII (8)) — Provision for arbitration of dispute as to whether act done in performance of official duty — Collision between French private vehicle and vehicle driven by U.S. serviceman — Dispute as to whether U.S. serviceman on official duty — Whether arbitration provision applicable only to disputes between contracting States — Whether applicable to disputes between individuals — The law of France.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from and restrictions upon — Foreign armed forces — N.A.T.O. Status of Forces Agreement, 1951 — Convention of London, 1951 (Article VIII (8)) — Provision for arbitration of dispute as to whether act done in performance of official duty or whether use of vehicle of armed services unauthorized — Collision between French private car and private car driven by U.S. serviceman — Dispute as to whether U.S. serviceman on official duty — Whether it must be referred to arbitration — The law of France.

States as international persons — Sovereignty and independence Conduct of foreign relations — Conclusiveness of statements of Executive — Existence of foreign economic policy questions Construction of International Organizations Immunity Act — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from — International organizations — Immunity from suit — International Organizations Immunity Act — The Law of the United States of America.

Aliens — Position of — Subjection to jurisdiction of receiving State — For crime committed against receiving State — Crime committed outside territory of State — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Personal — Over aliens within forum State — Crime committed abroad against forum State — The law of the United States of America.

State territory — Occupation of foreign territory in time of peace — Power of Occupation Courts to try nationals of Occupying Power — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Over citizen of forum State for crime committed in territory temporarily under jurisdiction of forum State — Where judicial system established by Executive Order — The law of the United States of America.

The individual in international law — In general — Rights of American citizens in occupied territory — Trial in courts created by Executive Order — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Personal — Over nationals in respect of crimes committed abroad — Power of occupation courts created by Executive Order to try American citizens for crimes committed in occupied territory — The law of the United States of America.

Jurisdiction — Miscellaneous — Choice of law — Non-applicability of Act of State doctrine — Interpretation of life insurance policies and annuity contracts — The law of the United States of America.

State responsibility — Kinds of — For taking of, or interference with, property — Currency conversion — Conversion of bank deposit into new currency of lesser value — Whether a “taking” of property — Monetary reform law and currency fluctuations — Relevance of discrimination between nationals and aliens.

State responsibility — Kinds of — For taking of, or interference with, property — Nationalized company — Whether unsecured debt of company compensable — No annulment or repudiation of debt.

State responsibility — Kinds of — For taking of, or interference with, property — Non-payment of contractual retirement benefits by Government — Absence of specific action annulling or abolishing such creditors' rights — Whether a “taking” within Section 404 of the International Claims Settlement Act.

State responsibility — Kinds of — For taking of, or interference with, property — Date of taking of property — Nationalization followed by national administration — Relevant date for nationality of claimant — Stockholder claims.

State responsibility — Kinds of — For taking of, or interference with, property — Claim for severance pay and salary — Judgment against nationalized corporation — Creditor's rights — Annulment of vested rights of creditor by Arbitration Tribunal — Whether a “taking” of property.

State responsibility — Claims — Miscellaneous — Effect of marriage in France to United States national — Whether interest in wife's property acquired by husband — Function of lex loci — National administration of property — Whether presumptive “taking” rebutted by evidence of continued possession.

State responsibility — Kinds of — For taking of, or interference with, property — National administration of property — Whether presumptive “taking” rebutted by evidence of continued possession — Effect of marriage in France to United States national — Function of lex loci.

State responsibility — Kinds of — For taking of, or interference with, property — Denial of rights to severance allowance and retirement benefits — Whether repudiation of claim amounted to a “taking” — Assessment of value of realty.

State responsibility — For breaches of contractual obligations — Refusal to appoint arbitrator — Sovereign immunity as defence to breach of obligation to appoint arbitrator — Restrictive theory of sovereign immunity — The law of the United States of America.

State responsibility — Claims — Nationality of — Acquisition of nationality after claim arose — Shares of stock of nationalized corporations — Whether “property” within International Claims Settlement Act, 1949 — Determination of date when claim arose.

State responsibility — Claims — In general — “Property” — Meaning of, in Section 404 of International Claims Settlement Act, 1949 — Shares of stock of nationalized corporations — Subsequent annulment of shares — Acquisition of nationality after claim arose.

State responsibility — Claims — In general — Settlement of — Award by British Foreign Compensation Commission in final settlement — Shares of stock surrendered in return for compensation — Requirement of 25 per cent. national ownership interest.

State responsibility — Claims — Nationality of — Requirement of continuous ownership — Moment when loss arises — Whether provisions of Polish Claims Agreement, 1960, take precedence over international law — Whether claim based on debt owed by Polish Government admissible.

Treaties — Special kinds of — International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Immunity of State Owned Vessels, 1926 — Extension of waiver of immunity to noncontracting States — The law of the United States of America.

State responsibility — Claims — State control over private claims — Claim for aid rendered to United States Navy vessels by Greek nationals — Requirement that State of foreign national recognize claims of United States citizens for services rendered to vessels of foreign State — Greek policy under International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Immunity of State-owned Vessels, 1926 — The law of the United States of America.