Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. v. Avagliano

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that American subsidiary of a Japanese parent had no Treaty defense because the subsidiary was not a “company of Japan”
• holding that American subsidiary of a Japanese parent had no Treaty defense because the subsidiary was not a \company of Japan\
• explaining that a treaty’s literal language must be given effect unless patently contrary to the signatories’ intentions and expectations
• explaining that a treaty's literal language must be given effect unless patently contrary to the signatories' intentions and expectations
• explaining that a treaty's literal language must be given effect unless patently contrary to the signatories' intentions and expectations
• noting that commercial treaties are designed to afford foreigners “the right to conduct busi- ness on an equal basis without suffering discrimination”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).