Close 43 0 obj Take the doctrines of sovereign party comity, for example. Close 135 It is regarded as comprehensive, unlimited, plenary and supreme. It is true that courts sometimes justify the extension of comity through assumptions about what the legislature would want. 121004. %PDF-1.6 . Doctrines that defer to foreign courts, like the recognition of foreign judgments, the doctrine of forum non conveniens, and the limits on personal jurisdiction and discovery, are expressions of adjudicative comity. Close endobj Intl L.J. Such authority not only compromises judicial independence but also harms U.S. foreign relations by putting the Executive in the uncomfortable position of having to make decisions that may displease foreign governments. Dicey, A Digest of the Law of England with Reference to the Conflict of Laws 10 (1896) (describing comity as singular specimen of confusion of thought produced by laxity of language). For an excellent discussion of comity and slavery, see Paul Finkelman, An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity 4 (1981) (Such comity. 184 + <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream at 164. The original reason for international comity was commercial convenience. 248 and the recognition of a foreign government by the Executive will bring its previous acts within the scope of that doctrine. . 1. In a majority of states, these rules are codified for money judgments in two uniform acts. International law binds the United States on the international plane, while international comity allows the United States to decide for itself how much recognition or restraint to give in deference to foreign government actors. due process or if the foreign court lacked personal or subject matter jurisdiction. <>stream 266 Apr. Close The Supreme Court expressly invoked comity in later cases to limit the geographic scope of the Federal Employers Liability Act and the Jones Act. 106 Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 436 (1964). No. at 117980 (discussing presumption against extraterritoriality, act of state doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, and (mistakenly) Charming Betsy canon). Bank of Nigeria, 461 U.S. 480, 486 (1983); see also infra note 275 (collecting cases treating sovereign immunity as comity). See Restatement (Second) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 9 (Am. An educational institution operated by a religious organization was being required by a local government to pay real property tax. xS**T0T0 BiU" n endstream Although six Justices rejected the Bernstein exception in First Natl City Bank v. Banco Nacional de Cuba, 406 U.S. 759 (1972), they did so in three separate opinions, none of which commanded a majority of the Court. Continue reading 346 377 43 John B. Bellinger III, The Dog that Caught the Car: Observations on the Past, Present, and Future Approaches of the Office of the Legal Adviser to Official Acts Immunities, 44 Vand. See, e.g., Restatement (Second) of Conflicts of Laws 145 (Am. Some international comity doctrines have been interpreted to permit case-by-case discretion by the executive branch. 2004) (noting decision whether to grant antisuit injunction must take account of considerations of international comity); Karaha Bodas Co. v. Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara, 335 F.3d 357, 366 (5th Cir. 17, 2006) ([C]onsiderations of comity strongly favor quashing the subpoena.); In re Microsoft Corp., No. In both of these aspects, sovereign party comity defers to foreign government actors as litigants in U.S. courts. Such a statute is effective as domestic law but does not relieve the United States of responsibility for the international law violation. endstream 295 164, 167 (1870) (To deny him this privilege would manifest a want of comity and friendly feeling.). Close Hartford Fire Ins. The conflict of laws and the enforcement of foreign judgments are governed by state law in the United States. 1411), G.R. B. I and II only. This Articles definition of international comity is based on a reading of all the U.S. Supreme Court cases that use the word comity Close Such discretion invades the province of the judiciary and may harm, rather than advance, U.S. foreign relations. 330 271 Pamela K. Bookman, Litigation Isolationism, 67 Stan. 290 Close Looking to principles of international comity in such cases certainly makes more sense than looking to principles of federalism. Although Justice Scalia argued for a balancing of interests in Hartford, 509 U.S. at 81819 (Scalia, J., dissenting), he retreated in Spector to a more characteristic preference for categorical rules. The question, the Ninth Circuit wrote in Timberlane, was whether American authority should be asserted in a given case as a matter of international comity and fairness. 129 Under the FSIA, Congress has also given the State Department express authority to permit terrorism suits against foreign states by designating them state sponsor[s] of terrorism. . Close Roger P. Alford, Ancillary Discovery to Prove Denial of Justice, 53 Va. J. Intl L. 127, 147 (2012); Childress, supra note 20, at 16. In Robinson v. Bland, Mansfield wrote that the general rule established ex comitate et jure gentium is, that the place where the contract is made, and not where the action is brought, is to be considered in expounding and enforcing the contract. 300 1 Posner and Sunstein consider only a limited number of comity doctrines. at 622 (Zilly, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (I would join the Third Circuit in declining to follow the Eleventh Circuit down the prospective comity path.). See Sullivan, supra note 322, at 61 (A rule may be corrupted by exceptions to the point where it resembles a standard; likewise, a standard may attach such fixed weights to the multiple factors it considers that it resembles a rule. 22 (1992). 88 . . 6. Justice demands we videotape all police interrogat G. R. No. No. See 379 F.3d 1227, 124041 (11th Cir. 121, 123 (N.Y. 1926) (concluding state court is not bound to follow the Hilton Case). 170 28 U.S.C. Is the assessment valid? 373 See, e.g., Holmes v. Remsen, 4 Johns. 382 649, 679725 (2000) (discussing range of foreign affairs doctrines). n.97 (citing Altmann). For further discussion, see infra notes 228258 and accompanying text (discussing adjudicative comity as principle of restraint). (noting recognition of foreign law is founded on the mutual respect, comity and convenience of commercial nations); Blanchard v. Russell, 13 Mass. 269 Close, But it is only when adjudicative comity is used as a principle of restraint that standards clearly predominate over rules. Close Id. 125678. xS**T0T0 Bih]" g S In an excellent review of the Roberts Courts foreign relations law cases, Harlan Cohen concludes that the current Court is less and less inclined to trust the executive branch. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream 332 55 endobj . International comity b. See id. endobj In a few states, conflicts rules are codified by statute, See F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., 542 U.S. 155, 168 (2004) (rejecting case-by-case approach to prescriptive comity as too complex to prove workable). First, it offers a clearer and more comprehensive definition of comity than Hilton v. Guyot, as well as a framework for analyzing international comity doctrines. 110 345 Tectonics Corp., Intl, 493 U.S. 400, 40809 (1990) (The act of state doctrine does not establish an exception for cases and controversies that may embarrass foreign governments. Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (Natl Conference of Commrs on Unif. Hilton articulated clear rules for the enforcement of foreign judgments in the United States: [W]here there has been opportunity for a full and fair trial abroad before a court of competent jurisdiction, conducting the trial upon regular proceedings, after due citation or voluntary appearance of the defendant, and under a system of jurisprudence likely to secure an impartial administration of justice between the citizens of its own country and those of other countries, and there is nothing to show either prejudice in the court, or in the system of laws under which it was sitting, or fraud in procuring the judgment, or any other special reason why the comity of this nation should not allow it full effect, the merits of the case should not, in an action brought in this country upon the judgment, be tried afresh. at 218 (Leval, J., concurring) (characterizing per curiam opinion as based on a number of facts). 4 Letter from Richard G. Kleindienst, Attorney Gen., & William P. Rogers, Secy of State, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Jan. 16, 1973), reprinted in Foreign State Immunity Hearing, supra note 406, at 34. Close Answers in Genesis, 556 F.3d at 467 (Colorado River instructed courts to consider several factors in determining whether to abstain in favor of a parallel proceeding in the courts of another sovereign.); Royal & Sun All., 466 F.3d at 94 (For two actions to be considered parallel, the parties in the actions need not be the same, but they must be substantially the same, litigating substantially the same issues in both actions.); Gross, 456 F.3d at 39394 (rejecting international comity abstention absent pending foreign proceeding); AAR Intl, 250 F.3d at 518 (In evaluating the propriety of the district courts decision to abstain under Colorado River, we must first determine whether the federal and foreign proceedings are parallel.); Al-Abood, 217 F.3d at 232 (The threshold question in deciding whether Colorado River abstention is appropriate is whether there are parallel suits.). 381 327 . International comity is one of the principal foundations of U.S. foreign relations law. Holman v. Johnson (1775) 98 Eng. This provoked a strong dissent from Justice Scalia, who thought the case should have been dismissed on the basis of prescriptive comity: the respect sovereign nations afford each other by limiting the reach of their laws. 262 International comity has performed a variety of functions in American law. 165 Guar. But see Henry J. Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Pfizer, Inc. v. Govt of India, 434 U.S. 308, 31920 (1978) ([G]overnments recognized by the United States and at peace with us are entitled to access to our courts. 386), Compulsory sterilization of the intellectually weak. Close a (Am. This Article defines international comity as deference to foreign government actors that is not required by international law but is incorporated in domestic law. 343 The desirability of executive discretion over questions of international comity is not just a myth, it is a dangerous myth. It is also important to note that some of the international comity doctrines rest partly on comity and partly on other bases. The Court refused to enforce the judgment in Hilton on reciprocity grounds, because France would not enforce U.S. judgments. 38 342 Rules may also be more easily gamed, and courts may therefore prefer standards that allow them to police abusive litigation tactics. Bank Ltd., 130 S. Ct. 2869, 2881 (2010). 409 Close For example, many of the doctrines of adjudicative comity address the same basic question: When should a U.S. court defer to a foreign courts resolution of a legal dispute? at 23 (Vague terms, such as comity, promise much and deliver little in terms of usable instructions for judges facing a potential encounter with foreign courts.). 959) (Washington, J. Close, The FSIA did not codify the immunities of foreign officials. 142 Law360 (January 10, 2023, 10:34 PM EST) -- The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday ruled 2-1 in a case of first impression that a district court judge hadn't abused his discretion when he . The author read all 637 cases and eliminated those that discussed comity only in a domestic context, leaving more than 100 Supreme Court cases relevant to international comity. Id. 2014) (International comity is a doctrine of prudential abstention. 4. 183 85 Close, Marshalls treatment of foreign sovereign immunity bears a striking resemblance to Huber and Storys descriptions of comity. Pfizer, Inc. v. Govt of India, 434 U.S. 308, 31920 (1978). See U.S. Const. As a general matter, predictable rules better enable commercial parties to plan their affairs. 201 161 252 See Am. .). 4(c)(2)(8). Inherent power of sovereignty Essentially a legislative function For public purposes Territorial in operation Tax exemption of government The. Close Close Id. 194 152 Close, Just two years after International Shoe, in Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, <>stream See DeBartolo Corp. v. Fla. Gulf Coast Bldg. Close It is also possible for international law to shrink and leave gaps for comity to fill. Close 91 xs Since the start of the twentieth century, American courts have invoked the public interest rationale for comity in other areas of law too. Leather Co., 246 U.S. 297, 303 (1918) (holding recognition is retroactive in effect and validates all the actions and conduct of the government so recognized from the commencement of its existence). 665, 678 (La. 321 Which is not among the three (3) inherent powers of the state? 199 Close 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Recast), 2012 O.J. Law Inst. . 30 Close For an argument that U.S. courts should adopt a similar rule, see Parrish, supra note 18, at 26977 (arguing for stay in favor of action first filed unless manifest injustice would result). 303 Close <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 46>>stream the rules for recognizing foreign judgments were considered rules of general common law. v. Century Intl Arms, Inc., 466 F.3d 88, 92 (2d Cir. It is clear from Mr. Prochaska's insightful scholarship that a confluence of interests has played a major role in the comity between the two nations.-Martin Rubin, Wall Street Journal|9780300141955|, The Eagle and the Crown is a remarkably concise . 415 168 v. GE Med. Ungaro-Benages also adapted the factors relevant to abstention. Huber wrote that nothing could be more inconvenient to commerce and to international usage than that transactions valid by the law of one place should be rendered of no effect elsewhere on account of a difference in the law. 1976) (listing elements to be weighed to determine extraterritoriality). x+ | 20 Because of its expertise in foreign relations, the executive branch is in a better position to understand the benefits of foreign reciprocation or the likelihood and costs of retaliation than the judiciary. See Lauritzen v. Larsen, 345 U.S. 571, 582 (1953) (citing considerations of comity in construing Jones Act); N.Y. Yet this suggestion raises problems of its own. Close w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. endobj A characteristic of taxes which means taxes are assessed with some reasonable rule of apportionment A. 1 0 obj . 336 . 10, art. 2014) (To date, we have reserved prospective international comity abstention for rare (indeed often calamitous) cases in which powerful diplomatic interests of the United States and foreign sovereigns aligned in supporting dismissal.); see also Perforaciones Exploracin y Produccin v. Martimas Mexicanas, S.A. de C.V., 356 F. Appx 675, 681 (5th Cir. Although recognition of foreign law is a prerequisite for foreign state compulsion, the doctrine operates as a principle of restraint because its effect is to limit the application of U.S. law that would otherwise govern. That is a factual phenomenon, not a legal solution to it.). <>stream See Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Ger. a (Am. 2009) (applying Colorado River abstention to foreign proceedings); Royal & Sun All. . This problem has assumed great importance recently, especially since the war, due in the first instance to the fact that in every country taxation . Two assertions about international comity stand out: (1) that comity must be governed by standards rather than rules; and (2) that comity determinations are best left to the executive branch. International law and international comity both mediate the relationship between the U.S. legal system and other nations, but they are fundamentally different. 378 . 212 The following Term, a plurality of the Court again invoked international comity as the basis for limiting application of the Americans with Disabilities Act to matters affecting the internal affairs of foreign-flag ships. 301 The Article shows that courts frequently express doctrines of international comity as rules rather than standards, and that allowing courts to apply these doctrines without interference by the executive branch promotes not just the rule of law but also U.S. foreign relations. Close The power of taxation is limited to the territorial jurisdiction of the taxing state. In fact, the Court has distinguished forum non conveniens from comity in a domestic context on the ground that comity gives deference to the paramount interests of another sovereign, while forum non conveniens reflects a broader range of considerations like convenience to the parties. FALSE 8. 12 119 2006) (applying doctrine of international comity abstention). 307 272 53 1971) (The rules in the Restatement of this Subject apply to cases with elements in one or more States of the United States and are generally applicable to cases with elements in one or more foreign nations.). Law Inst., Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Analysis and Proposed Federal Statute 7(a) (2006) (A foreign judgment shall not be recognized or enforced in a court in the United States if the court finds that comparable judgments of the courts in the United States would not be recognized or enforced in the courts of the state of origin.); see also John F. Coyle, Rethinking Judgments Reciprocity, 92 N.C. L. Rev. Close endstream Close See, e.g., Finova Cap. 179 xS**T0T0 BiU" Thus, sovereign party comity operates in American law both as a principle of recognition and as a principle of restraint. . <>stream Close Restatement (Second) of Conflicts of Laws 90 (No action will be entertained on a foreign cause of action the enforcement of which is contrary to the strong public policy of the forum.). 14 (1973) (statement of Charles N. Brower, Legal Adviser, Dept of State) [hereinafter Foreign State Immunity Hearing]. G.R. 230 117 353 246 U.S. 297, 30304 (1918). 397 Apr. . Or does it operate as a principle of restraint to limit the reach of American law, the jurisdiction of American courts, and, more specifically, the jurisdiction of American courts over foreign sovereign defendants? Close endstream It has also served as the basis for restraining the application of American law, the jurisdiction of American courts, and, more specifically, the jurisdiction of American courts over foreign governments. % J. Transnatl L. 911, 969 (2011) ([T]he Executive Branch engages in undelegated lawmaking when it makes head of state immunity determinations.). 19 Residence-based taxation See, e.g., Sosa, 542 U.S. at 732 (limiting ATS cause of action to violations of international law norms that are generally accepted and specifically defined); id. 39 Many judges resist the notion that the Executive should be able to dictate results in particular cases. See, e.g., Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 654 F.3d 11, 58 (D.C. Cir. Samuel Livermore, Dissertations on the Questions Which Arise from the Contrariety of the Positive Laws of Different States and Nations 26 (1828). Croudson v. Leonard, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 434, 437 (1808). Advocates. * Martin Luther King, Jr. Morrison v. Natl Austl. 160 372 Conduct-based immunity differs from status-based immunity in two respects: (1) it extends only to suits based on official acts; and (2) it lasts even after the foreign official leaves office. <>stream Eric Posner and Cass Sunstein consider only the presumption against extraterritoriality, the act of state doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, and the Charming Betsy canon (which is not really a comity doctrine, see infra notes 4648 and accompanying text), though they briefly allude to other doctrines without explaining them. at 168. 256 137 235 237, 260 (2010). 208 at 216 n.12 (noting where the parties to the suit were the parties to the transaction, the fact that the transaction was domestic might well be deemed sufficient). 2014) (internal quotation marks omitted). American law is full of international comity doctrines. Ulrich Huber, De Conflictu Legum Diversarum in Diversis Imperiis (Ernest G. Lorenzen trans. As a Principle of Recognition. For further examples of criticism of comity, see infra notes 317321 and accompanying text. Play this game to review Other. 136 The President also has statutory authority under the Second Hickenlooper Amendment to invoke the act of state doctrine in cases where the statute would otherwise make the doctrine inapplicablespecifically where property expropriated in violation of international law is brought to the United States. xs See Colo. River Water Conservation Dist. endobj See infra notes 382385 and accompanying text (discussing deference to executive branch determinations of immunity). on the Judiciary, Define Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts in Suits Against Foreign States, S. Rep. No. 383 As noted above, the Court first used international comity this way in American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co. Close, Developments in the area of adjudicative jurisdiction mirrored those in the area of prescriptive jurisdiction as America moved from the nineteenth century to the twentieth. See, e.g., United States v. Sisal Sales Corp., 274 U.S. 268, 276 (1927) (applying U.S. antitrust law to contract, combination and conspiracy intended to restrain trade in those articles and to increase the market price within the United States); United States v. Aluminum Co. of Am., 148 F.2d 416, 444 (2d Cir. at 165 ([A]ll transactions and acts, in court as well as out,. All kinds of hybrid combinations are possible.). xs See supra notes 7491 and accompanying text (discussing Huber and Story). Bar exam flunkers deserve recognition too, Law on overtaking that bad drivers don't know, Why lawyers matter - Marvic Leonen (TEDx). 242 at 120506 (discussing example of litigation against China by Chinese victims of state repression). <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 46>>stream <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream 46 70 . . 56 0 obj Bank Ltd., 130 S. Ct. 2869, 2874 (2010). See, e.g., Pounders v. Enserch E & C, Inc., 306 P.3d 9, 1117 (Ariz. 2013) (applying Arizona choice-of-law rules to determine New Mexico law governed tort action). 178 311 1827) (Porter, J.)) in the international sphere.). 373 1604 (2012) (stating foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and of the States subject to exceptions); Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746, 763 (2014) (discussing due process limits on personal jurisdiction); Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 427 (holding scope of act of state doctrine must be determined according to federal law). Intl L. Commn 20, 26, U.N. Doc. Online 169, 188 (2010), http://www.yalelaw In more recent times, the Supreme Court has consistently characterized foreign sovereign immunity as a matter of grace and comity on the part of the United States. 348 See id. See supra notes 198203 and accompanying text (discussing foreign state compulsion). 177 . 413 49 Comity was neither a matter of absolute obligation, on the one hand, nor of mere courtesy and good will, upon the other. Lower courts are divided on whether 1782 may be used for discovery in international arbitrations. See WestlawNext, http://westlawnext.com (last visited Sept. 25, 2015) (in All State & Federal, search: (comity /s absolute obligation) (recognition /s within its territory /s acts of another nation) (due regard /s international duty /s rights of its own citizens) and Hilton). See Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 421 (1964) (That international law does not require application of the [act of state] doctrine is evidenced by the practice of nations.). 164, 167 (1870) (recognizing privilege of bringing suit on basis of comity); The Santissima Trinidad, 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) and (3) that whatever force and obligation the laws of one country have in another, depend solely upon the laws and municipal regulations of the latter; that is to say, upon its own proper jurisprudence and polity, and upon its own express or tacit consent. 359 Co. of Can. Close See infra Part III (explaining differences between international comity and international law). Close . L. Rev. Close 62 24 0 obj Jansen Calamita, Trey Childress, and Anne-Marie Slaughter are concerned only with adjudicative comity. Close 2011) (declining to consider whether exhaustion is required under ATS), vacated on other grounds, 527 F. Appx 7 (D.C. Cir. Bernstein v. N.V. Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche, 210 F.2d 375, 376 (2d Cir. INTERNATIONAL COMITY IN TAXATION The problem of international double taxation is one of the most serious questions that engages the attention of economists and financial experts at the present time. The Department would be in a position to assert that the question of immunity is entirely one for the courts. These acts generally follow the rules set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hilton (minus the reciprocity requirement). ,.. The Second Circuit has looked to principles of comity to determine whether to recognize foreign acts of state having extraterritorial effect. By Caroline Simson. Exercise of taxation is subject to international comity c. Due process of law d. Equal protection of law. 1607 (denying foreign government immunity from counterclaims). . 93 199 2202, 2212 (2015) (discussing early American understanding of law of nations). . w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. or at a minimum that courts are not always clear or consistent. 103 318 Wash. L. Rev. . 1981) ([W]hen enforcement has promised to further, rather than violate, the policy aims of the United States, our courts have given extraterritorial effect to foreign expropriations.); Republic of Iraq v. First Natl City Bank, 353 F.2d 47, 51 (2d Cir. 260 In any event, that is certainly how the doctrine of comity developed in England and the United States. Van Reimsdyk v. Kane, 28 F. Cas. Watson goes on to argue that Hubers view would have required a different outcome in Somerset v. Stewart (1772) 98 Eng. at 5464 (providing contract theory analysis); see also id. . And even the executive branch has concluded, in the context of foreign state immunity, that case-by-case discretion does not help U.S. foreign relations. Id. .iq[[@ yl>?KvJ\(GhD8}_$Sx CZXxKX}n.e 54 90 255 The Supreme Court captured the distinction in its 1938 Guaranty Trust decision. endstream 278 as well as for state-sponsored terrorism 90 Geo.LJ, 80, 53. 181 756, 757 (C.C.D. 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