See infra notes 404410 and accompanying text (discussing passage of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act). 381 2004) (Although it may not be her forum of choice, the plaintiff should pursue her claim through the Foundation, which was established by the American and German governments to address exactly these types of claims from the Nazi era.). See Aetna Life Ins. If so, the court will weigh the private and public interests But the courts are free to draw for themselves its legal consequences in litigations pending before them. Some rules of foreign sovereign immunity may fit that description. 400 <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream 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). Close 164, 167 (1870) (To deny him this privilege would manifest a want of comity and friendly feeling.). 405 Close 3 0 obj 115(1)(b) (That a rule of international law or a provision of an international agreement is superseded as domestic law does not relieve the United States of its international obligation or of the consequences of a violation of that obligation.). 140 Justice Douglas once made the point more colorfully in an act-of-state case, writing that such discretion makes the court a mere errand boy for the Executive Branch which may choose to pick some peoples chestnuts from the fire, but not others. Even when adjudicative comity operates as a principle of restraintthe area in which international comity doctrines like forum non conveniens most frequently take the form of standardsmore rule-like alternatives exist. 282 x+ | 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. But the distinction should not be overstated. endstream + xS**T0T0 BiU" n Agency interpretations of the geographic scope of statutes should also be entitled to Chevron deference. Id. but there were important differences between Hubers first two maxims and his third. Close. 28 0 obj Justice Scalia has also retreated from the balancing approach he advocated in Hartford. This problem has assumed great, The international tax treaty regime is entering the next stage in its evolution as governments seek to modify the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital (OECD Model) to address, The challenges of taxing capital are hardly new. Huber, supra note 74, at 165. Close at 2888. . . 27 0 obj The doctrine is a rule of federal common law under which both federal and state courts must not question the validity of a foreign sovereigns official act fully performed within its own territory. See, e.g., China Trade & Dev. Close The Supreme Court recognized in The Paquete Habana that what originally may have rested in custom or comity, courtesy or concession may grow, by the general assent of civilized nations, into a settled rule of international law. 121 endobj Close xs Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts in Suits Against Foreign States: Hearings on H.R. In most of the preceding examples, American courts used comity to address problems created by a strictly territorial view of sovereigntyhow to explain the enforcement of a foreign law or judgment outside the foreign states territory, or the decision not to exercise jurisdiction over a foreign sovereign inside the United States territory. 12 232 International law binds the United States and gives rise to international responsibility. 264, 404 (1821) (Marshall, C.J.) All kinds of hybrid combinations are possible.). See id. 342, 344 (K.B.). endobj and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. xS**T0T0 Bih]" S _ See Matar v. Dichter, 563 F.3d 9, 15 (2d Cir. The banks within the City of Manila objected for the various reasons given below. . Close Close 49 0 obj 208 113 352 292 Close, The supposedly indeterminate nature of comity has long made it an object of criticism. is this assessment valid? . Close + ,.. When an award is annulled at the seat, however, enforcing courts in secondary . See id. and have declined to order discovery when doing so would interfere with the foreign proceedings. 201 International comity is one of the principal foundations of U.S. foreign relations law. J. Transnatl L. 911, 969 (2011) ([T]he Executive Branch engages in undelegated lawmaking when it makes head of state immunity determinations.). 77 In Sabbatino, Justice Harlan observed that [o]ften the State Department will wish to refrain from taking an official position, particularly at a moment that would be dictated by the development of private litigation but might be inopportune diplomatically. U.S. courts have also looked to comity when considering whether to enjoin parallel proceedings in a foreign court. to limit the extraterritorial application of the Sherman Act. 1827) (Porter, J.)) This categorization shows that courts have used international comity to defer to foreign lawmakers, to foreign courts, and to foreign governments as litigants, and that international comity has operated in each category both as a principle of recognition and as a 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. 1985) (noting principles of comity would require recognition of extraterritorial acts of state if consistent with U.S. policy). 221 06-10061-MLW, 2006 WL 1344091, at *4 (D. Mass. 36 Close See, e.g., id. They recognize the judgments of foreign courts and limit the jurisdiction of American courts. No. 125 Co., 313 U.S. 487, 496 (1941) (holding conflict of law rules applied by federal court must conform to conflict of law rules in state where federal court is located); Somportex Ltd. v. Phila. . Close 108 214 Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Envtl. Which would justify the objection of the banks? Id. 107 ([I]n ATS cases where the United States nexus is weak, courts should carefully consider the question of exhaustion. There is nothing inherent in this category of comity doctrines, however, that precludes the adoption of rules. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream 236 Co. of N.Y. v. United States, 304 U.S. 126, 137 (1938) (What government is to be regarded here as representative of a foreign sovereign state is a political rather than a judicial question, and is to be determined by the political department of the government.). xS**T0T0 Bid]" Y Close Probs., Summer 2008, at 19, 20 (Whereas once courts justified applying foreign law out of deference to foreign sovereigns, courts later justified their decisions out of deference to the autonomy of private parties or to the political branches.). U.S. courts exercise adjudicative comity as a principle of recognition when they give effect to foreign judgments. On the one hand, the executive branch plainly has authority to make some decisions that affect the application of international comity doctrines. Online 169, 188 (2010), http://www.yalelaw Owner-managers usually have dynamic tax circumstances which demand that the tax advisor adapt their thinking quickly and effectively. 315 108 Courts complain that comity has never been well-defined. 182 Close 123 The shift from private to public rationales for comityfrom convenience to sovereigntyhad a number of consequences. There are three (3) kinds of limitations on taxation: inherent, direct constitutional and indirect constitutional. See supra notes 379380 and accompanying text (discussing Chevron). (rejecting Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) argument that district court misapplied doctrine). The City of Manila, claiming that it can impose taxes under the Local Government Code, imposed a tax on banks (in addition to the percentage tax on banks (in Internal Revenue Code). This Articles definition of international comity is based on a reading of all the U.S. Supreme Court cases that use the word comity 2009) (While these bases have been characterized as exorbitant or extraordinary, they have, thus far, not been asserted, on authoritative grounds, to be violative of international law.); Clermont & Palmer, supra note 308, at 476 ([E]xorbitant jurisdiction is best understood less as an existing rule than as a normative statement about the appropriate scope of international jurisdiction.). Close. Oil Co., 499 U.S. at 248). which Justice Breyer characterized as a principle of prescriptive comity. .). 363 97 . 177 2023-01-18T11:42:22-08:00 143 Other doctrines of international comity expressly reject a reciprocity requirement. noun Synonyms Amenity, suavity, politeness, consideration. Posner and Sunstein favor such deference, while this Article argues that it 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. Close 111359. Because the securities in Morrison had been purchased on a foreign stock exchange, the Court held that plaintiffs failed to state a claim under section 10(b). 10 A/CN.4/SER.A/2001/Add.1 (Part 2) (Every internationally wrongful act of a State entails the international responsibility of that State.); Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 206 cmt. Id. Some of these references may be intended simply to emphasize that foreign sovereign immunity is not required by the Constitution. See Story, supra note 54, 38, at 42 (In the silence of any positive rule,. Bradley, supra note 66, at 666. Tr. Close 208 Close 265 Thus, Justice Holmes in American Banana explained that to apply the Sherman Act extraterritorially not only would be unjust, but would be an interference with the authority of another sovereign, contrary to the comity of nations, which the other state concerned justly might resent. 198, 20102 (N.Y. 1918) (Cardozo, J.) See Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 50712 (1947) (recognizing authority of district court to dismiss on grounds of forum non conveniens). 1998) (The Act does not preclude recognition of other types of judgments through the doctrine of comity.). Comity also gave the states of the Union some roomthough in the end not enoughto manage the issue of slavery. Close Quackenbush, 517 U.S. at 721. xs 91 See Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746, 760 (2014) (identifying place of incorporation and principal place of business as paradigm bases for general jurisdiction over corporations). endstream The distinction between rules and standards is a continuum, not a divide, and many doctrines combine aspects of rules and standards. Id. No. Close Morrison v. Natl Austl. w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. This Article provides the first comprehensive account of international comity in American law, as well as the clear analytical framework that previous writers have complained was missing. In the ATS context, an exhaustion requirement might be justified as an exercise of the federal courts authority to shape the federal common law cause of action. The discretion not to recognize foreign rights was captured in the word comity. Id. (W.W.L.) this deemphasis has encouraged lower courts over the past fifteen years to ignore certain legitimate sovereign interests expressed by foreign states.). (International Comity. See, e.g., Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel, 553 U.S. 851, 866 (2008) (Giving full effect to sovereign immunity promotes the comity interests that have contributed to the development of the immunity doctrine.); Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson, 538 U.S. 468, 479 (2003) (Foreign sovereign immunity . Looking to principles of international comity in such cases certainly makes more sense than looking to principles of federalism. The majority held that the concept of international comity requires. x+ | 217 216 See 2005 Uniform Act, supra note 106, 11 (This [act] does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this [act].); see also Manco Contracting Co. 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 [T]he argument for deference to the executive is that it has more expertise than the courts in foreign relations and that the executives accountability for foreign relations is more important than the courts independence from political pressure. 380, 437 (2015) (The Court is skeptical of the executive branchs claims that it knows better, that it should not be second-guessed, and that it needs room to maneuver in a dangerous world.); Ganesh Sitaraman & Ingrid Wuerth, The Normalization of Foreign Relations Law, 128 Harv. Close See Ungar v. Palestine Liberation Org., 402 F.3d 274, 284 n.6 (1st Cir. 234 Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the national frame and constraints of government. See Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, ch. See infra section II.B (describing adjudicative comity). Close United States portal. 290 With the possible exception of the last, however, none of these doctrines authorizes abstention in favor of foreign courts, and the Supreme Court has never done so except under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. 1985). at 423; see also Kirkpatrick, 493 U.S. at 404 (noting evolution in jurisprudential foundation for the act of state doctrine from comity to separation of powers). 82 at 2884. 214 Justice Story wrote in his treatise that this comity of nations was founded upon the notion of mutual convenience and utility. .); see also supra notes 107115 (discussing original understanding of sovereign immunity as comity). See Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 428 (1964) (noting relevant factors and declining to lay down inflexible and all-encompassing rule). See id. See D.J. Id. 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. Law Inst. towards greater consideration of private interests. See Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain, 580 F.3d 1048, 1062 (9th Cir. Over the past four decades, the FSIA (with little or no deference to the executive branch) has not generated major foreign policy problems. xs 369 Rep. No. TRUE 7. v. Chisholm, 268 U.S. 29, 32 (1925) (referring to comity of nations while interpreting Federal Employers Liability Act (quoting American Banana, 213 U.S. at 356)). 43 0 obj 306 Hilton, 159 U.S. at 16364. In the United States, Joseph Storys treatise on the conflict of laws made comity the foundation for recognizing foreign laws and judgments, but U.S. courts also looked to international comity as the basis for foreign sovereign immunity, the act of state doctrine, and the privilege of foreign governments to bring suit in the United States. 283 Recent scholarship suggests that the Supreme Court as a whole has become more skeptical of deference to the executive branch in foreign relations cases. 398 95 Close Intl L.J. 756, 757 (C.C.D. Id. Close endstream See 28 U.S.C. 17,031) (Story, J.) 246 Id. First, international comity is not just recognition but deferencea word that captures comitys use both as a principle of recognition and as a principle of restraint. 118 But reviewing the doctrines of international comity shows that many of them are more rule-like than standard-like. 64 Continue reading 189 371 54 Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws 28, at 34 (2d ed. See infra notes 406409 and accompanying text (discussing legislative history of FSIA). 1782(a) (2012) (emphasis added). Childress, supra note 20, at 51. Echoing Huber, Story began with three maxims: (1) that every nation possesses an exclusive sovereignty and jurisdiction within its own territory; 5 0 obj Close Section 2(b) of the Torture Victim Protection Act imposes an exhaustion requirement by statute for human rights claims brought under that act. In Oetjen v. Central Leather Co., the Supreme Court said that the act of state doctrine rests upon the highest considerations of international comity and expediency and that to question the validity of a foreign act of state would very certainly imperil the amicable relations between governments and vex the peace of nations. 32 87 404 300 264 . 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). Posner and Sunstein, however, discuss only a limited number of international comity doctrines. 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. Tr. . The recognition of foreign governments is controlled by the executive branch. at 735 (Kennedy, J., dissenting). See Joel R. Paul, Comity in International Law, 32 Harv. See Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) Close Gilbert, 330 U.S. at 50809 (outlining private and public interest factors); see also Piper, 454 U.S. at 25761 (discussing district courts application of private and public interest factors). 29 0 obj 311 and alternatively to decide whether to enjoin the parties from continuing such proceedings. Close treat it as law, consider themselves bound by it, attend to it with a sense of legal obligation and with concern for the consequence of violation.). income tax and tariffs Hilton v. Guyot: 159 U.S. 113 (1895) doctrine of comity: United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co. 160 U.S. 668 (1896) Rosen v. United States: 161 U.S. 29 (1896) defendant's ability to inspect evidence at obscenity trial overcame objection that indictment was too vague Geer v. Connecticut: 161 U.S. 519 (1896) It is only when adjudicative comity operates as a principle of restraint through doctrines like forum non conveniens that international comity operates predominantly through standards rather than rules. to those respecting the ownership of personal property, After paraphrasing and defending Huber, Story endorsed comity as the basis for enforcing foreign law. 117 141 TAX 628 - Tax Planning for the Owner-Manager and Executive Steve Barichello, Ruth Cummings. 569, 596 (La. Close Giving the executive branch authority to make case-by-case determinations under doctrines of international comity is a bad idea. Those that follow the first Restatement of Conflicts are fairly rule-like, while those that follow the Restatement (Second) partake more of standards. xs 221 56 0 obj of being able to enter a political judgment in the court in cases where we would rather not do anything at all, but where there is enormous pressure from the foreign government that we do something). Lower courts applying the doctrine of foreign state compulsion in antitrust cases have noted its basis in comity. 308 8 0 obj endobj 50 . Answer: No, under international comity the property of a foreign state or government may not be the subject of taxation by another. See, e.g., In re Berlamont, No. 379 v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 818 (1976) (identifying following factors: (1) which court first assumed jurisdiction over the property, if any; (2) inconvenience of the federal forum; (3) desirability of avoiding piecemeal litigation; and (4) order in which jurisdiction was obtained by the concurrent forums); see also Moses H. Cone Meml Hosp. 84 As a recent commentator has observed, Hiltons definition of comity is woefully inadequate. See Posner & Sunstein, supra note 33, at 117980 (listing Charming Betsy canon, presumption against extraterritoriality, act of state doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, and comity in general as comity doctrines). 20, at 26. Close 103543). Law Inst. Id. Close v. U.S.), Judgment, 1959 I.C.J. Prescriptive comity operates as a principle of restraint in American law today mainly through the presumption against extraterritoriality. See 616 F.3d at 1037 ([W]e do not consider whether exhaustion may apply to the claims asserted in this case.). See, e.g., In re Microsoft Corp., No. 99 Close until Congress passed the FSIA in 1976. Historically, comity had a great deal to do with the convenience of the parties. 346 Source-based taxation First, states must decide how to tax the income that is generated within their borders by foreign-based MNCs. See, e.g., Morrison v. Natl Austl. xs and (2) it reflects the assumption that Congress is primarily concerned with domestic conditions. 28 237 Doctrines of prescriptive comity that federal courts use as principles of restraint apply only to federal statutes. The Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized the virtually unflagging obligation of the federal courts to exercise the jurisdiction given them. Close In England and America, this discretion was exercised in the first instance by courts but subject always to legislative control. 16 Id. 1, 2014) (noting no Uniform Act requires reciprocity for recognition of foreign judgment, although six states have added reciprocity as condition for recognition). See, e.g., Curtis A. Bradley & Laurence R. Helfer, International Law and the U.S. Common Law of Foreign Official Immunity, 2010 Sup. 244 2007). For discussion of the extent to which the executive branch may control the access of foreign governments to U.S. courts, see infra note 371 and accompanying text. 155 Pamela K. Bookman, Litigation Isolationism, 67 Stan. 283, 353 (1822). 1965) (A state is not required by international law to give effect to a rule prescribed or enforced by another state. 428), Jurisprudence on gender-free or homosexual rape, Cario v. Insular Government, 212 U.S. 449 (1909), G.R. Second, international comity is not just deference to foreign acts; it is deference to foreign government actors, a phrase that captures the use of international comity with respect to a foreign court prior to judgment, as well as the use of international comity in relation to foreign governments as plaintiffs or defendants in U.S. courts. 1, 45 (2014) ([I]f a statute is silent or ambiguous with respect to its extraterritoriality, and if Congress has explicitly or implicitly delegated responsibility for that statute to an administrative agency, the agencys ex ante interpretation is valid if it is a permissible construction of the statute.). ), a famous decision in which Lord Mansfield refused to recognize foreign laws making someone a slave. . endstream Close In Kirkpatrick, the Supreme Court expressly rejected a standard of embarrassment to foreign governments and instead adopted a rule requiring courts not to question the validity as a rule of decision of a foreign sovereigns official acts fully performed within its own territory. 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