Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1983-05-23

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Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari to consider whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, by authorizing a foreign plaintiff to sue a foreign state in a United States district court on a nonfederal cause of action, violates Article III of the Constitution. I…

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