Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino

Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino (1964)
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Banco National de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court case that determined that the policy of United States federal courts would be to honor the Act of State Doctrine, which dictates that the propriety of decisions of other countries relating to their internal affairs would not be questioned in the courts of the United States.

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Dissenting Opinion: White

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United States Supreme Court

376 U.S. 398

Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino

Argued: Oct. 22 and 23, 1963. --- Decided: March 23, 1964

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Victor Rabinowitz, New York City, for petitioner.

Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Washington, D.C., for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

C. Dickerman Williams, New York City, for respondent, Farr, Whitlock & Co.

Whitney North Seymour, New York City, for respondent Compania Azucarera Vertientes-Camaguey de Cuba.

Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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