U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Merlini v. Canada
This writing
- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- June 10, 2019
- Case
- Merlini v. Canada
- Case status
- Decided
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LYNCH, Circuit Judge, dissenting. In this important case affecting this country's foreign relations, I respectfully disagree with my colleagues. The majority holds that Canada is stripped of its sovereign immunity under the commercial activity exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1602…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | June 10, 2019 |
| Opinion | Not attributed | June 10, 2019 |