W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International

How courts have described this case

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• noting that \some Justices have suggested\ a possible exception for commercial activity, but finding it unnecessary to consider the question to resolve the case
• holding that federal courts ordinarily have the obliga- tion to exercise their jurisdiction and “[t]he act of state doc- trine does not establish an exception for cases and controversies that may embarrass foreign governments”
• indicating that in considering whether the doctrine should be invoked, the policies under- lying the act of state doctrine may be considered
• stating that treating a sovereign action as “tortious would have required denying [it] legal effect”
• explaining that the treatment of a sovereign action as “tortious would have required denying [it] legal effect”
• noting that a majority of the Supreme Court has never adopted a commercial exception to the doctrine of act of state

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