In Re Liberian Eastern Timber Corp. v. Government of Republic of Liberia

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• assessing whether embassy bank accounts were used primarily for diplomatic functions or commercial activity to determine whether the accounts are immune from attachment under the VCDR
• “The concept of ‘commercial activity’ should be defined narrowly because sovereign immunity remains the rule rather than the exception and because courts should be cautious when addressing areas that affect the affairs of foreign governments.” (internal citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).