GWN Petroleum Corp. v. Ok-Tex Oil & Gas, Inc.

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• “Precluding all inquiry into the motivation behind or circumstances surrounding the sovereign act would uselessly thwart legitimate American goals where adjudication would result in no embarrassment to executive department actions.”
• court’s jurisdiction over right of contribution for Title VII claim may depend on timeliness of the suit
• background of Indonesian law requiring local partners for foreign lumber business does not entitle private party who allegedly frustrated joint venture to raise act of state defense

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