The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 3BS
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Case summary: The company T contracted with the German Company WV for supplying the materials for tents in Saudi Arabia. The contract stated the supply of most of the material from New York, the principal location of company T. The company WV’s architects and engineers acted as agents to the government of Saudi Arabia. Upon the bankruptcy of the company WV, the company T filed a case against the government of Saudi Arabia for the compensation. In defense, the government of Saudi Arabia approached the court for dismissal of the suit referring to the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
To find:Circumstances when the doctrine of sovereign immunity is applicable.
(b)
Summary Introduction
Case summary: The company T contracted with the German Company WV for supplying the materials for tents in Saudi Arabia. The contract stated the supply of most of the material from New York, the principal location of company T. The company WV’s architects and engineers acted as agents to the government of Saudi Arabia. Upon the bankruptcy of the company WV, the company T filed a case against the government of Saudi Arabia for the compensation. In defense, the government of Saudi Arabia approached the court for dismissal of the suit referring to the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
To find: Exceptions to the doctrine of sovereign immunity
(c)
Summary Introduction
Case summary: The company T contracted with the German Company WV for supplying the materials for tents in Saudi Arabia. The contract stated the supply of most of the material from New York, the principal location of company T. The company WV’s architects and engineers acted as agents to the government of Saudi Arabia. Upon the bankruptcy of the company WV, the company T filed a case against the government of Saudi Arabia for the compensation. In defense, the government of Saudi Arabia approached the court for dismissal of the suit referring to the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
To find:Jurisdiction of the court for dismissal of the above case while referring to the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
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