Jason Lynn McKnight A/K/A James Green A/K/A James McKnight v. the State of Texas

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• holding that the seizure of privately owned property could not be examined because of the act of state doctrine
• holding that an instrumentality of a foreign sovereign has standing to sue in United States courts for conversion of bills of lading
• holding that the act of state doctrine prevented the court from reaching the merits of a dispute over sugar cane seized pursuant to the Cuban government's decision to nationalize the sugar industry
• holding that application of “act of state doctrine,” which precludes courts of this country from questioning the validity of acts of a foreign government committed within its own territory, is governed by federal law
• holding that application of “act of state doctrine,” which precludes courts of this country from questioning the validity of acts of a foreign government committed within its own territory, is governed by federal law
• recognizing that treaty “or other unambiguous agreement regarding controlling legal principles” would provide exception to act of state doctrine since compliance with treaty reduces conflict with “political branches of the Government on matters bearing upon foreign relations”

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