Jacob Sampson v. Federal Republic of Germany and Claims Conference, Article 2 Fund

How courts have described this case

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• “The general common law, unlike the federal common law of today, did not fall under the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.”
• “[T]he Charming Betsy canon directs courts to construe ambiguous statutes to avoid conflicts with international law”
• “[International law itself does not mandate Article III jurisdiction over foreign sovereigns.”
• “In interpreting the FSIA, we are mindful that judicial resolution of cases bearing significantly on sensitive foreign policy matters, like the case before us, might have serious foreign policy implications which courts are ill-equipped to anticipate or handle.”

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