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"The Act of State Doctrine: Questions of Validity and Abstention from Underhill to Habib"    

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Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text		Citation Index †
Baker v Carr	369 US 186; 82 SCt 691; 7 L Ed 2d 633; 7 L Ed 663; 82 SCt Rep 69; 7 L Ed 2; 7 L Ed 2d 663	United States Supreme Court	United States	26 Mar 1962	WorldLII		1055
Marbury v Madison	5 US 137; 1 Cranch 137; 2 L Ed 135; 2 L Ed 60; 6 Pet 241	United States Supreme Court	United States	1 Feb 1803	WorldLII		1029
Brodie v Singleton Shire Council; Ghantous v Hawkesbury Shire Council	[2001] HCA 29; (2001) 206 CLR 512; (2001) 180 ALR 145; (2001) 75 ALJR 992; (2001) 114 LGERA 235; [2001] Aust Torts Reports 81-607; (2001) 33 MVR 289; (2001) 22 Leg Rep 13	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	31 May 2001	AustLII		711
Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth	[1951] HCA 5; (1951) 83 CLR 1; [1951] ALR 129	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	9 Mar 1951	AustLII		660
Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen	[1982] HCA 27; (1982) 153 CLR 168; (1982) 39 ALR 417; (1982) 56 ALJR 625	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	11 May 1982	AustLII		512
Gerhardy v Brown	[1985] HCA 11; (1985) 159 CLR 70; (1985) 57 ALR 472; (1985) 59 ALJR 311; [1985] EOC 92-123	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	28 Feb 1985	AustLII		392
Thomas v Mowbray	[2007] HCA 33; (2007) 233 CLR 307; (2007) 237 ALR 194; (2007) 81 ALJR 1414	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	2 Aug 2007	AustLII		386
Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA v Zhang	[2002] HCA 10; (2002) 210 CLR 491; (2002) 187 ALR 1; (2002) 76 ALJR 551; 35 MVR 1	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Mar 2002	AustLII		375
Kartinyeri v Commonwealth	(1998) 195 CLR 337		Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1998	Legal Online / Westlaw		339
Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Co (Nos 4 and 5)	[2002] UKHL 19; [2002] 2 AC 883; [2002] 3 All ER 209; [2003] 1 WLR 127; [2002] 1 All ER (Comm) 843; [2002] All ER (D) 252; 70 BMLR 40	House of Lords	United Kingdom	circa 2002	BAILII		309
Cuba v Sabbatino	376 US 398; 11 L Ed 2d 804; 84 SCt 923; 35 ILR 2; 11 L Ed 804; 193 FSupp 375	United States Supreme Court	United States	23 Mar 1964	WorldLII		299
Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War	(1949) 75 UNTS 135		International	circa 1949			188
R v Bow Street Magistrate; Ex parte Pinochet Ugarte (No 3)	[1999] UKHL 17; [2000] 1 AC 147; [1999] 2 All ER 97; [1999] 2 WLR 827; 119 ILR 135	House of Lords	United Kingdom	24 Mar 1999	BAILII		178
Re Ditfort; Ex parte Deputy Commissioner of Taxation	[1988] FCA 490; (1988) 19 FCR 347; (1988) 83 ALR 265; 87 ILR 170	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1988	AustLII		169
Underhill v Hernandez	168 US 250; 18 SCt 83; 42 L Ed 45; 42 L Ed 456	United States Supreme Court	United States	29 Nov 1897	WorldLII		150
Minister for Arts, Heritage and Environment v Peko-Wallsend Ltd	15 FCR 274; (1987) 75 ALR 218	Federal Court of Australia	Australia	circa 2001	Legal Online / Westlaw		145
Buttes Gas & Oil Co v Hammer (No 3)	[1982] AC 888; [1981] 3 All ER 616; [1981] 3 WLR 787; (1981) 64 ILR 331		United Kingdom	circa 1982	LexisNexis / Westlaw		137
Attorney-General (UK) v Heinemann Publishers Australia Pty Ltd	[1988] HCA 25; (1988) 165 CLR 30; (1988) 78 ALR 449; (1988) 10 IPR 385; (1988) 62 ALJR 344; [1988] LRC (Const) 1007	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	2 Jun 1988	AustLII		128
Filartiga v Pena-Irala	630 F2d 876; 2d CR 1980	United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit	United States	30 Jun 1980	WorldLII		127
Oppenheimer v Cattermole	[1976] AC 249		United Kingdom	circa 1976	LexisNexis / Westlaw		124
Government of India v Taylor	[1955] AC 491; [1955] 1 All ER 292; (1955) 27 ITR 356		United Kingdom	circa 1955	LexisNexis / Westlaw		121
Oetjen v Central Leather	246 US 297	United States Supreme Court	United States	circa 2001	Westlaw		116
Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc v Republic of Cuba	425 US 682; 48 L Ed 2d 301; 96 SCt 1854	United States Supreme Court	United States	24 May 1976	WorldLII		111
Timberlane Lumber Co v Bank of America	549 F2d 597; 40 ALRFed 314	United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit	United States	3 Mar 1977	WorldLII		106
Thorpe v Commonwealth of Australia (No 3)	[1997] HCA 21; (1997) 144 ALR 677; (1997) 71 ALJR 767; (1997) 10 Leg Rep 30	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Jun 1997	AustLII		92
Texas Trading & Milling Corporation v Federal Republic of Nigeria	647 F2d 300; 59 ALRFed 73	United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit	United States	16 Apr 1981	WorldLII		83
Potter v Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd	[1906] HCA 88; (1906) 3 CLR 479; 12 ALR 149	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	2 Mar 1906	AustLII		76
WS Kirkpatrick & Co v Environmental Tectonics Corporation	493 US 400; 107 L Ed 2d 816; 110 SCt 701	United States Supreme Court	United States	17 Jan 1990	WorldLII		67
Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Co	[1995] 3 All ER 694; [1995] 1 WLR 1147		United Kingdom	circa 1995	LexisNexis		66
(2007) 156 FCR 574	(2007) 156 FCR 574	Federal Court of Australia	Australia	circa 2007	Legal Online / Westlaw		63
First Nat City Bank v Banco Nacional de Cuba	406 US 759; 32 L Ed 2d 466; 92 SCt 1808	United States Supreme Court	United States	10 Oct 1972	WorldLII		63
Mannington Mills, Inc v Congoleum Corporation	595 F2d 1287; 202 USPQ 321	United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit	United States	3 Apr 1979	WorldLII		52
Luther v Sagor	[1921] 3 KB 532		United Kingdom	circa 1921	LexisNexis / Westlaw		52
Operation Dismantle Inc v R	[1985] 1 SCR 441	Supreme Court of Canada	Canada	9 May 1985	Supreme Court of Canada		50
Cook v Sprigg	[1899] UKLawRpAC 44; [1899] AC 572		United Kingdom	1 Aug 1899	CommonLII		49
Secretary of State in Council of India,-Appellant; Kamachee Boye Sahaba,-Respondent	[1859] EngR 836; 15 ER 9; (1859) 13 Moore PC 22	Privy Council	United Kingdom	circa 1859	CommonLII		49
Petrotimor	[2003] FCAFC 3; (2003) 126 FCR 354; 197 ALR 461	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	3 Feb 2003	AustLII		42
Arellano v Weinberger	745 F2d 1500; 240 USApp DC 363	United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit	United States	5 Oct 1984	WorldLII		42
Habib v Commonwealth of Australia	[2010] FCAFC 12; (2010) 183 FCR 62; (2010) 265 ALR 50; (2010) 113 ALD 469	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	25 Feb 2010	AustLII		38
R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate; Ex parte Pinochet Ugarte	[2000] 1 AC 61		United Kingdom	circa 2000	LexisNexis / Westlaw		38
Bernstein v N v Nederlandsche- Amerikaansche Stoomvaart- Maatschappij	210 F2d 375	United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit	United States	5 Feb 1954	WorldLII		34
Dagi v Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (No 2)	[1997] 1 VR 428		Australia - Victoria	circa 1997	LexisNexis AU		30
Princess Paley Olga v Weisz	[1929] 1 KB 718; [1929] All ER 513		United Kingdom	circa 1929	LexisNexis / Westlaw		30
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers v Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries	649 F2d 1354	United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit	United States	24 Aug 1981	WorldLII		27
Hunt v Mobil Oil Corporation	550 F2d 68	United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit	United States	12 Jan 1977	WorldLII		27
Forti v Suarez-Mason	672 FSupp 1531		United States	circa 2001	Westlaw		26
Liu v Republic of China	892 F2d 1419; 642 FSupp 297	United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit	United States	29 Dec 1989	WorldLII		24
Occidental Petroleum Corporation Umm v Buttes Gas & Oil Co	461 F2d 1261	United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit	United States	23 Jun 1972	WorldLII		23
Charles Frederick Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick,-Appellant; Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, in Great Britain, and Earl of Armagh, in Ireland,-Respondent	[1848] EngR 794; 9 ER 993; (1848) 2 HLCas 1	House of Lords	United Kingdom	circa 1848	CommonLII		23
Sadiqi v Commonwealth (No 2)	[2009] FCA 1117; (2009) 181 FCR 1; (2009) 260 ALR 294	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	1 Oct 2009	AustLII		21
Unocal	395 F3d 932	United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit	United States	18 Sep 2002	WorldLII		20
Sharon v Time, Inc	599 FSupp 538		United States		Westlaw		20
British South Africa Co v Cia De Mocambique (Companhia De Mocambique v British South Africa Co)	[1892] UKLawRpKQB 105; [1892] 2 QB 358		United Kingdom	10 May 1892	CommonLII		18
Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Co (No 3)	[2000] EWCA 84; [2001] 3 WLR 1117; [2001] 1 Lloyds Rep 161; [2001] 1 All ER (Comm) 557	England and Wales Court of Appeal	United Kingdom - England and Wales	circa 2000	BAILII		17
Blad v Bamfield	[1674] EngR 113; 36 ER 992; (1674) 3 Swanst 604		United Kingdom	circa 1674	CommonLII		14
Occidental of Umm Qaywayn Inc v A Certain Cargo of Petroleum Laden Aboard Tanker Dauntless Colocotronis	577 F2d 1196	United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit	United States	9 Aug 1978	WorldLII		13
Clayco Petroleum Corporation v Occidental Petroleum Corporation	712 F2d 404	United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit	United States	2 Aug 1983	WorldLII		12
Banco de Vizcaya v Don Alfonso de Borbon y Austria	[1935] 1 KB 140; 50 TLR 284		United Kingdom	circa 1935	LexisNexis / Westlaw		12
World Wide Minerals Ltd v Republic of Kazakhstan	296 F3d 1154	United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit	United States	2 Aug 2002	WorldLII		10
Empresa Cubana Exportadora De Azucar Sus Derivados v Lamborn & Co Inc Lamborn & Co Inc	652 F2d 231	United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit	United States	11 Jun 1981	WorldLII		10
G Wolff , Assignees of J Wolff and J Dorville, Bankrupts, v Oxholm	[1817] EngR 274; 105 ER 1177; (1817) 6 M & S 92	King's Bench	United Kingdom - Scotland	circa 1817	CommonLII		9
Alperin v Vatican Bank	410 F3d 532		United States		Westlaw		9
Mujica v Occidental Petroleum Corporation	381 FSupp 2d 1164		United States		Westlaw		9
"Foreign States in Australian Courts"	(2005) 29 Melbourne University Law Review 704	Melbourne University Law Review	Australia	circa 2005	AustLII		7
Sarei v Rio Tinto, PLC	456 F3d 1069		United States	circa 2005	Westlaw		7
R v Home Secretary; L, Ex p	[1945] KB 7		United Kingdom	circa 1945	LexisNexis / Westlaw		6
Peer International Corporation v Termidor Music Publishers Ltd	[2004] Ch 212	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 2004	LexisNexis / Westlaw		5
Lowenthal v Attorney-General	[1948] 1 All ER 295		United Kingdom	circa 1948	LexisNexis		5
Re Fried Krupp Actien ‑ Gesellschaft	[1917] 2 Ch 188	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1917	LexisNexis / Westlaw		5
"Abolishing the Act of State Doctrine"	(1986) 134 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 325	University of Pennsylvania Law Review	United States	circa 1986	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		3
"The Foreign Act of State"	(1990) 106 Law Quarterly Review 352	Law Quarterly Review	United Kingdom	circa 1990	Westlaw		2
"The Act of State Doctrine of the United Kingdom: An Analysis, with Comparisons to United States Practice"	(1981) 75 American Journal of International Law 283	American Journal of International Law	United States	circa 1981	HeinOnline / Westlaw		2
"The Act Of State Doctrine Is Alive And Well: Why Critics Of The Doctrine Are Wrong"	(2008) 15 UCDavis Journal of International Law & Policy 111	U.C.Davis Journal of International Law & Policy	United States	circa 2008			1
"Deciphering the Act of State Doctrine"	(1990) 35 Villanova Law Review 1	Villanova Law Review	United States	circa 1990	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1
"Rethinking the Act of State Doctrine: An Analysis in Terms of Jurisdiction to Prescribe"	(1987) 62 Washington Law Review 397	Washington Law Review	United States	circa 1987	HeinOnline / LexisNexis		1