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ALFRED DUNHILL OF LONDON, INC. v. REPUBLIC OF CUBA et al. (1976)

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ALFRED DUNHILL OF LONDON, INC. v. REPUBLIC OF CUBA et al. |
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Term: 1975 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 10, 1974 |
Decided: May 24, 1976 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
5-4 |
Majority |
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White |
Concurring |
Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens |
Dissenting |
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart |
ALFRED DUNHILL OF LONDON, INC. v. REPUBLIC OF CUBA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1976. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1974.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Act of State doctrine
- Petitioner: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Foreign nation or instrumentality
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 425 U.S. 682
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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