State of São Paulo of Federative Republic of Brazil v. American Tobacco Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \The party that wishes to rely on foreign law has the responsibility of demonstrating its content.\
• “State may not bring a direct action to seek damages for others’ injuries Without standing in their shoes as a subrogee”
• “In order for the Court to consider the application of foreign law, the party seeking the application of foreign law has the burden of not only raising the issue that foreign law applies, but also the burden of adequately proving the substance of foreign law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).