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· 9/3/1953

United States v. Glotex Importers Corp.

Citations

  • 31 Cust. Ct. 396
  • 1953 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 1270

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  • holding that the European Community “is an organ of a foreign state” for purposes of the FSIA
  • holding that criminal RICO can apply extraterritorially to extent particular predicate offenses themselves apply extraterritorially
  • holding that “[i]f the conduct relevant to the 6 statute’s focus occurred in the United States, then the case involves a permissible domestic application even if other conduct occurred abroad”
  • holding that criminal RICO statute can apply extraterritorially when alleged predicate acts apply extraterritorially
  • finding that RICO's criminal provisions apply extraterritorially but its civil cause of action does not
  • explaining that a statute applies extraterritorially, when it applies “to events occurring and injuries suffered outside the United States”

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Judges: Ford

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