Close Studylists States in the United States have adopted a variety of methodologies for choosing the law to apply in a case that touches more than one jurisdiction. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream <>stream See, e.g., China Trade & Dev. 32 endobj In fact, Justice Story meant nothing of the kind. 1215/2012, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Recast), arts. See supra note 152 and accompanying text (explaining restraint was difficult to justify on basis of convenience). 280 Close 155 Close Continue reading As previously noted, Justice Holmes turned to international comity to support the presumption against extraterritoriality in American Banana, reasoning that application of U.S. law to foreign conduct would be an interference with the authority of another sovereign, contrary to the comity of nations, which the other state concerned justly might resent. This problem has assumed great importance recently, especially since the war, due in the first instance to the fact that in every country taxation . 90. Quackenbush, 517 U.S. at 721. at 5973. In that case, Parkcentral would simply create a rule-like exception to Morrisons rule-like transactional test. 86 Close Part III considers the relationship between international comity and international law. To deny him this privilege, the Supreme Court said in The Sapphire, would manifest a want of comity and friendly feeling. Close. 262 . State Laws 2005) [hereinafter 2005 Uniform Act]; Unif. See supra notes 229237 and accompanying text (discussing forum non conveniens). 2008) (Comity remains the basis for recognizing foreign judgments not covered by the act. Lower courts applying the doctrine of foreign state compulsion in antitrust cases have noted its basis in comity. Indus. Sovereign party comity operates as a principle of restraint in American law through the doctrines of foreign state immunity and foreign official immunity, both of which fall under the more general heading of foreign sovereign immunity. L. Rev. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 40809 (holding privilege of bringing suit extends to governments recognized by United States and not at war with it); see also Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 135 S. Ct. 2076, 2084 (2015) (Recognized sovereigns may sue in United States courts. Answer: No. 43 0 obj 330 of Iowa, 482 U.S. 522, 54142 (1987). 371 1604 (2012) (stating foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and of the States subject to exceptions); Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746, 763 (2014) (discussing due process limits on personal jurisdiction); Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 427 (holding scope of act of state doctrine must be determined according to federal law). Close State courts consider the uniform acts to be codifications of international comity, Close 394 endobj 46 0 obj ,.. See, e.g., Somportex Ltd. v. Phila. Close. endstream Leather Co., 246 U.S. 297, 303 (1918) (holding recognition is retroactive in effect and validates all the actions and conduct of the government so recognized from the commencement of its existence). Jan 28, 1998 (349 Phil. 287 373 (citing Huber). 165 84 It is not the comity of the courts, but the comity of the nation. 91 198 See, e.g., Republic of Austria v. Altmann, 541 U.S. 677, 696 (2004) (citing Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson, 538 U.S. 468, 479 (2003)). 127 . 370 132 Close, Storys 1834 treatise Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws cemented comity into the foundations of American conflicts law. VIII INTERNATIONAL COMITY IN TAXATION CLYDE J. CROBAUGH University of Indiana (Reprinted from the Journal of Political Economy, Vol. at 599 (quoting In re Maxwell Commc'n Corp. plc by Homan, 93 F.3d 1036, 1047 (2d Cir.1996)). Close Beyond offering a definition of international comity, this Article catalogues and categorizes the uses of international comity in American law along two dimensions. It is clear from Mr. Prochaska's insightful scholarship that a confluence of interests has played a major role in the comity between the two nations.-Martin Rubin, Wall Street Journal|9780300141955|, The Eagle and the Crown is a remarkably concise . See Daimler, 134 S. Ct. at 750 (considering personal jurisdiction over claim brought by foreign plaintiffs against a foreign defendant based on events occurring entirely outside the United States); Goodyear, 131 S. Ct. at 2850 (considering personal jurisdiction in case involving bus accident outside Paris); J. McIntyre Mach., Ltd. v. Nicastro, 131 S. Ct. 2780, 2785 (2011) (plurality opinion) (Kennedy, J.) 72 270 Mfg. . No. As a Principle of Restraint. 95. 37 endobj endstream 170 The recognition of foreign governments is controlled by the executive branch. Tectonics Corp., Intl, 493 U.S. 400, 40809 (1990) (The act of state doctrine does not establish an exception for cases and controversies that may embarrass foreign governments. The principle of comity is manifested in a large number of American doctrines that mediate the relationship between the U.S. legal system and those of other nations. 22. 303 See, e.g., Verlinden B.V. v. Cent. 100 In light of all this, the Court concluded: Considerations of international rapport thus reinforce our determination that subjecting Daimler to the general jurisdiction of courts in California would not accord with the fair play and substantial justice due process demands. 245 The International Tax I Course is designed to provide an introduction to Canada's international tax rules and tax treaties. 350 ,.. . Bank of Nigeria, 461 U.S. 480, 486 (1983) (As The Schooner Exchange made clear, however, foreign sovereign immunity is a matter of grace and comity on the part of the United States, and not a restriction imposed by the Constitution.); First Natl City Bank v. Banco Nacional de Cuba, 406 U.S. 759, 765 (1972) (plurality opinion) (Rehnquist, J.) 254 Close 38, at 42. 1782 (2012), U.S. courts may recognize foreign proceedings by providing judicial assistance with discovery, but courts will exercise restraint when discovery might in fact hinder the foreign proceeding. This Article provides the first comprehensive account of international comity in American law, as well as the clear analytical framework that previous writers have complained was missing. Close 1994); Laker Airways Ltd. v. Sabena, Belgian World Airlines, 731 F.2d 909, 937 (D.C. Cir. In most of the preceding examples, American courts used comity to address problems created by a strictly territorial view of sovereigntyhow to explain the enforcement of a foreign law or judgment outside the foreign states territory, or the decision not to exercise jurisdiction over a foreign sovereign inside the United States territory. 255 161 of Iowa, 482 U.S. 522, 546 (1987) (The exact line between reasonableness and unreasonableness in each case must be drawn by the trial court, based on its knowledge of the case and of the claims and interests of the parties and the governments whose statutes and policies they invoke. (emphasis added)). Close 216 The President may recognize a foreign government, for example, or an agency may interpret the geographic scope of a statute it administers. The act of state doctrine was once said to rest on the highest considerations of international comity and expediency. 167 See Empagran, 542 U.S. at 168 ([T]his approach is too complex to prove workable.). Sovereign party comity is deference to foreign government actors as litigants in U.S. courts. ([T]he doctrine of immunity for foreign sovereigns[] has its roots, not in the Constitution, but in the notion of comity between independent sovereigns.); see also Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd., 134 S. Ct. 2250, 2255 (2014) (Foreign sovereign immunity is and always has been, a matter of grace and comity . And while W.S. See Intl Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 316 (1945) (permitting exercise of personal jurisdiction based on certain minimum contacts with it such that the maintenance of the suit does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice (quoting Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U.S. 457, 463 (1940)); see also supra note 136 and accompanying text (discussing International Shoe). 50 0 obj See 11 U.S. (7 Cranch) 116, 147 (1812) (Marshall, C.J.) Close The problem was that some foreign states may be led to believe that since the decision can be made by the executive branch it should be strongly affected by foreign policy considerations and that these states were inclined to regard a decision by the State Department refusing to suggest immunity as a political decision unfavorable to them rather than a legal decision. Abelesz v. Magyar Nemzeti Bank, 692 F.3d 661, 684 (7th Cir. L. Rev. 41 U.S. (16 Pet.) Law Inst. w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. 6a, 45(a)(3) (2012) (limiting geographic scope of Sherman Act and Federal Trade Commission Act). Changes in international law have sometimes created new roles for international comity, and rules of international comity have sometimes evolved into rules of international law. In his Hartford dissent, Scalia referred to Justice Storys distinction between the comity of courts and the comity of nations. 372 93 They briefly assert that courts continue to take account of the executives views in FSIA cases. Posner & Sunstein, supra note 33, at 1200; see also id. See supra note 45 and accompanying text (describing additional rationale for presumption against extraterritoriality). See Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 423 (The act of state doctrine. 34 133 xS**T0T0 BiU" n 65 Some international comity doctrines have been interpreted to permit case-by-case discretion by the executive branch. Close, As for foreign state immunity, the FSIA was passed in 1976 with the express purpose of shifting immunity determinations from the executive branch to the courts. American courts generally apply the same choice-of-law rules in interstate and international cases. Each of these doctrines defers to foreign courts by restraining the exercise of U.S. courts jurisdiction. Court for S. Dist. Close. 11, 51 (2010); see also Lawrence Collins, Comity in Modern Private International Law, in Reform and Development of Private International Law 89, 110 (James Fawcett ed., 2002) (The vast amount of material [on comity] cries out for some synthesis. After Erie, it was generally assumed that the recognition of foreign judgments was governed by state rather than federal law. 1081, 1103 (2015); see also Michael D. Ramsey, Escaping International Comity, 83 Iowa L. Rev. 178 Apr. L. Rev. 195 542 U.S. 241, 25963 (2004) (rejecting foreign-discoverability rule). But the Supreme Court has specifically rejected a case-by-case approach to extraterritoriality. The conflict of laws and the enforcement of foreign judgments are governed by state law in the United States. L. Rev. at 409. xs . JP Morgan Chase Bank v. Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., 412 F.3d 418, 423 (2d Cir. 141 Close 363 293 The act of state doctrine operates as a rule rather than a standard, Choong Yong, 837 F.2d 33, 36 (2d Cir. xs 194 196 A. ), in John A. Boyd, Digest of U.S. 382 253 258 334 Courts have declined to defer to the Executive even with respect to doctrines like forum non conveniens that expressly incorporate public interest factors. 15.400.460 (codifying choice of law for torts and other noncontractual claims). Leather Co., 246 U.S. 297, 30304 (1918))). 2006) (applying doctrine of international comity abstention). See supra notes 257258 and accompanying text (discussing Ninth Circuits decision in Mujica). Oetjen v. Cent. Comity also gave the states of the Union some roomthough in the end not enoughto manage the issue of slavery. The Supreme Court refused in Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. to impose a rule limiting assistance to evidence that would be discoverable under the foreign tribunals rules, but the Court noted that comity and parity concerns may be important as touchstones for a district courts exercise of discretion in particular cases. H The Supreme Court expressly invoked comity in later cases to limit the geographic scope of the Federal Employers Liability Act and the Jones Act. Close 120 N.E. Close Rules for the immunities of diplomatic agents and consuls are set forth in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations endstream See 28 U.S.C. 52 0 obj The Santissima Trinidad, 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) Id. 347 216 See Matar v. Dichter, 563 F.3d 9, 15 (2d Cir. Close Although Justice Scalia argued for a balancing of interests in Hartford, 509 U.S. at 81819 (Scalia, J., dissenting), he retreated in Spector to a more characteristic preference for categorical rules. Close But it is the recognition which one nation allows within its territory to the legislative, executive, or judicial acts of another nation, having due regard both to international duty and convenience, and to the rights of its own citizens, or of other persons who are under the protection of its laws. rightly done according to the law of any particular place, are valid even where a different law prevails.). The President also has statutory authority under the Second Hickenlooper Amendment to invoke the act of state doctrine in cases where the statute would otherwise make the doctrine inapplicablespecifically where property expropriated in violation of international law is brought to the United States. Modern customary international law requires sovereign immunity in some cases, although the exact contours of the customary international law rules are uncertain. Hubers third maxim was different in two ways. Close . 87, 100 (2003) ([T]he Arospatiale decision improperly de-emphasized system values as compared to particular interests raised in individual cases, and. It is true that courts sometimes justify the extension of comity through assumptions about what the legislature would want. In more recent times, the Supreme Court has consistently characterized foreign sovereign immunity as a matter of grace and comity on the part of the United States. See Yousuf v. Samantar, 699 F.3d 763, 772 (4th Cir. Id. Close s~)4^ hu_ (noting recognition of foreign law is founded on the mutual respect, comity and convenience of commercial nations); Blanchard v. Russell, 13 Mass. When push comes to shove, the domestic forum is rarely unseated. + id. Close, Huber saw these maxims as part of the law of nations, See W.S. (considering personal jurisdiction over a British manufacturer of scrap metal machines). 307 . Co., 658 F.2d 903, 908 (2d Cir. 50 But see Henry J. 412 Close Statement 1: It is so because the State has the supreme power to command and enforce obedience to its will from the people within its jurisdiction. 345 the rules for recognizing foreign judgments were considered rules of general common law. Close. 4 International comity c. Territoriality d. Tax minimization 3. (L 351) 1 (governing lis pendens and related actions); see also George A. Bermann, Parallel Litigation: Is Convergence Possible?, 13 Y.B. 251 2. 598, at 857 ([A sovereign] acts in executing [a foreign judgment] upon the principles of comity.). income tax and tariffs Hilton v. Guyot: 159 U.S. 113 (1895) doctrine of comity: United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co. 160 U.S. 668 (1896) Rosen v. United States: 161 U.S. 29 (1896) defendant's ability to inspect evidence at obscenity trial overcame objection that indictment was too vague Geer v. Connecticut: 161 U.S. 519 (1896) 7814) (Washington, J.) Close 400 v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 818 (1976) (identifying following factors: (1) which court first assumed jurisdiction over the property, if any; (2) inconvenience of the federal forum; (3) desirability of avoiding piecemeal litigation; and (4) order in which jurisdiction was obtained by the concurrent forums); see also Moses H. Cone Meml Hosp. Id. Part IV challenges both of these myths. Whether a doctrine takes the form of a rule or a standard is a separate question from whether that doctrine binds the court as a rule of law. See Johnston v. Compagnie Gnrale Transatlantique, 152 N.E. 354 at 735 (Kennedy, J., dissenting). 159 Moreover, with the exception of Posner and Sunstein, none of these Articles consider sovereign party comitythat is, foreign sovereign immunity and the recognition of foreign sovereigns as plaintiffs. Close Allied Bank Intl v. Banco Credito Agricola de Cartago, 757 F.2d 516, 519 (2d Cir. See, e.g., Allied Bank Intl v. Banco Credito Agricola de Cartago, 757 F.2d 516, 522 (2d Cir. Guar. SUBSIDY B. If comity is neither a matter of absolute obligation. 387 Close 154 No. xs endstream 22 ,.. Advocates. This possibility of interference arises when an interested person, rather than the foreign court itself, seeks discovery. 42 Forum non conveniens, prudential exhaustion, international comity abstention, and the granting of antisuit injunctions all require a case-by-case weighing of factors and are reviewed on appeal for abuse of discretion. Id. Def. 14 (1973) (statement of Charles N. Brower, Legal Adviser, Dept of State) [hereinafter Foreign State Immunity Hearing]. 393 27 Going forward, it seems likely that prescriptive comity will continue to operate as a principle of restraint in American law, but primarily through the presumption against extraterritoriality, which the Supreme Court in Morrison instructed lower courts to apply in all cases. Close In Storys day, U.S. courts did not have authority to decline jurisdiction in favor of another tribunal. 296 352 1985) (American courts have consistently recognized the interest of foreign courts in liquidating or winding up the affairs of their own domestic business entities.). As a recent commentator has observed, Hiltons definition of comity is woefully inadequate. See supra notes 2631 and accompanying text (discussing Hiltons definition of comity). ), Judgment, 2012 I.C.J. x+ | Close 340 Id. Close Because of its expertise in foreign relations, the executive branch is in a better position to understand the benefits of foreign reciprocation or the likelihood and costs of retaliation than the judiciary. Law Inst. Occasionally, conduct prohibited by U.S. law may be required by foreign law, in which case compliance with U.S. law may be excused under the doctrine of foreign state compulsion. Parkcentrals holding may be limited to cases in which the defendants were not parties to the U.S. transactions. at 1238. But the United States is not a party to any such treaty or supranational regulation. Close, The FSIA did not codify the immunities of foreign officials. International comity Rules Property of a foreign State of (a) When government is party to government may not be taxed by . 137 In Holman v. Johnson, he added: The doctrine Huberus lays down, is founded in good sense, and upon general principles of justice. D. D. I and III only. on the Judiciary, 94th Cong. H Close at 423; see also Kirkpatrick, 493 U.S. at 404 (noting evolution in jurisprudential foundation for the act of state doctrine from comity to separation of powers). See William S. Dodge, International Comity in American Law, 115 Colum. 401(c) (defining jurisdiction to enforce as jurisdiction to induce or compel compliance or to punish noncompliance with its laws or regulations). xs Corp. v. M.V. 191, 20510 (2003) [hereinafter Slaughter, A Global Community of Courts] (discussing emergence of judicial comity). Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI. 353 Close See Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States ch. Id. In the ATS context, an exhaustion requirement might be justified as an exercise of the federal courts authority to shape the federal common law cause of action. XXXI, No. By contrast, the geographic scope of state statutes (subject to any constitutional or international law limits) is a question of state law. 60 requires that, in the process of deciding [cases], the acts of foreign sovereigns taken within their own jurisdictions shall be deemed valid.). But by grounding the privilege in comity, the Court preserved the discretion of the United States to deny it, at least to foreign states that are at war with the United States or not recognized by it. Thus, the 2005 Uniform Act, for example, provides that a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this [act] applies, subject to a list of enumerated exceptions. Co., 313 U.S. 487, 496 (1941) (The conflict of laws rules to be applied by the federal court in Delaware must conform to those prevailing in Delawares state courts.). endobj 72 8, intro. 45 or to those not recognized by this country). 179 112 Law Inst., Tentative Draft No. The Supreme Court has also looked to international comity to limit the exercise of specific jurisdiction under the heading of reasonableness. When determining whether an exercise of personal jurisdiction is reasonable under the Due Process Clause, the Supreme Court has expressly required lower courts to consider the procedural and substantive policies of other nations whose interests are affected by the assertion of jurisdiction. endobj 83), Bar exam flops = failure of law profs? As a principle of restraint, adjudicative comity operates through a multitude of doctrines that limit the exercise of U.S. courts jurisdiction, often with the aim of avoiding multiple proceedings. 202 Id. 6 endstream Id. 211 Sys. See Huber, supra note 74, at 168 (stating comity applies equally to the subject of res judicata); see also id. Close Close, With other comity doctrines, the question is more complicated, and it may be useful to draw some distinctions. it also articulates a number of presumptions that give the application of that standard a more rule-like quality. be required to sacrifice its own interests in favour of another; or to enforce doctrines which, in a moral or political view, are incompatible with its own safety and happiness, or conscientious regard to justice and duty.). as well as for state-sponsored terrorism Such a statute is effective as domestic law but does not relieve the United States of responsibility for the international law violation. U.S. courts have long invoked a spirit of comity to recognize foreign judgments at common law. . (quoting Verlinden, 461 U.S. at 486)). Close Law Inst. Project-based employee v. Regular employee. As a general matter, [d]ue process limits on the States adjudicative authority principally protect the liberty of the nonresident defendant. 36 309 THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE SOVEREIGN RAISES INCOME TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT IS CALLED- (RPCPA) A. More specifically, this Article makes three contributions to understanding international comity in American law. (n.s.) Close Wash. L. Rev. at 356. No one shall be imprisoned for non-payment of tax. 130 See supra notes 177178 and accompanying text (explaining public policy exception in conflict of laws). 163 International comity thus describes an internationally oriented body of domestic law that is distinct from international law and yet critical to legal relations with other countries. Rep. Congo v. Close is compromised by case-by-case, selective determinations of jurisdiction by the Executive. If only the second statement is correct . L.J. Co. v. California, 509 U.S. 764, 817 (1993) (Scalia, J., dissenting) (citing Story, supra note 54, 38, at 42). endobj Doctrines of adjudicative comity as principles of restraint are generally governed by federal law in federal court and state law in state court. 40 2023-01-18T11:42:22-08:00 28 0 obj xS**T0T0 BiU" endobj noun In international law, that courtesy between states or nations by which the laws and institutions of the one are recognized, and in certain cases and under certain limitations given effect to, by the government of the other, within its territory. endstream Close . (quoting Colorado River, 424 U.S. at 817)). 25 0 obj at 1207. . and deference to foreign governments as litigants is sovereign party comity. 959) (Washington, J. See Samantar, 130 S. Ct. at 2292 (concluding FSIA does not govern petitioners claim of [foreign official] immunity). ), Judgment, 2002 I.C.J. Close In short, adjudicative comity operates as a principle of recognition in American law through state law providing for the recognition of foreign judgments and a federal statute authorizing district courts to help foreign courts with the discovery of evidence in the United States. . The courts and Congress are free to fashion rules of international comity as they wish, andassuming those rules give the executive branch discretionthe President is free to deny international comity in a particular case. See, e.g., The Apollon, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) International comity connotes courtesy between nations. Close . 283 191 . 409 . ,.. Apr. endstream In the Arospatiale case, for example, the Supreme Court had to decide whether to require first resort to the Hague Evidence Convention for the gathering of evidence abroad. . As a principle of recognition, it allows foreign governments recognized by the United States, and not at war with it, to bring suit in U.S. courts. Yet Story also thought that the territorial sovereign could trump other considerations and refuse to enforce foreign law: No nation can. It is worth noting that three of the Supreme Courts most recent personal jurisdiction cases have involved non-U.S. defendants. The finality of an award is a key feature and attraction of arbitration as a method of dispute resolution. xs Close 48 0 obj G.R. at 1207; see also id. Close See, e.g., In re Berlamont, No. See id. 1971) (applying Pennsylvania law to enforcement of foreign judgment); Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 481 cmt. For further discussion of the interplay between recognition and restraint, see infra note 286 and accompanying text. Nature of Taxation Power? 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