292 1605A(h)(6) (2012). . Close But by grounding the privilege in comity, the Court preserved the discretion of the United States to deny it, at least to foreign states that are at war with the United States or not recognized by it. Dredging Co. v. Miller, 510 U.S. 443, 457 (1994) (holding federal law of forum non conveniens does not preempt state law). 95 U.S. 714, 722 (1877) (holding no state can extend its process beyond that territory so as to subject either persons or property to its decisions). Close, Comity came to America with the rest of English common law. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 46>>stream The presumption in favor of a foreign plaintiffs choice of a U.S. forum is less strong. Id. Close 251 (minus the reciprocity requirement). Bradley, supra note 66, at 666. 51 0 obj See supra notes 298302 and accompanying text (discussing foreign sovereign immunity and prescriptive jurisdiction). <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream H 136 x+ | 308 45 0 obj H Justice Scalia coined the phrase prescriptive comity in his Hartford dissent, defining it as the respect sovereign nations afford each other by limiting the reach of their laws. 146. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., 542 U.S. 155, 164 (2004). (3) Sovereigns will so act by way of comity that rights acquired within the limits of a government retain their force everywhere so far as they do not cause prejudice to the power or rights of such government or of its subjects. ,.. 69 0 obj endstream But neither the existence of unfriendly relations nor even the severing of diplomatic relations will be sufficient to deny this privilege. 345 <>stream 160 542 U.S. 155, 165, 169 (2004). Close. 256 Close See id. See Lori Fisler Damrosch et al., International Law 816 (5th ed. Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 403 (Am. which requires a showing of exceptional circumstances after consideration of several factors. As the old, territorial conception of jurisdiction under international law receded, a comity-based presumption against extraterritoriality came forward to limit the territorial reach of American law. 1991) (applying international law criteria to decide Palestine Liberation Organization was not foreign state). depends upon what our greatest jurists have been content to call the comity of nations); see also Croudson v. Leonard, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 434, 437 (1808) (noting spirit of comity lies behind enforcement of foreign judgments). Bank Ltd., 130 S. Ct. 2869, 2874 (2010). L. 601, 62478 (2006) (discussing principles of adjudicatory comity); Childress, supra note 20, at 63 (limiting analysis to one species of comity, adjudicatory comity); Anne-Marie Slaughter, A Global Community of Courts, 44 Harv. endobj In effectuating the purposes of international comity, rules have some advantages over standards. to limit the extraterritorial application of the Sherman Act. 2007). Modern courts and commentators have repeated the criticism. See, e.g., Mannington Mills, Inc. v. Congoleum Corp., 595 F.2d 1287, 129798 (3d Cir. See Posner & Sunstein, supra note 33, at 1179 (listing Charming Betsy canon as comity doctrine). International Comity in Taxation Clyde J. Crobaugh Published 1 April 1923 Economics Journal of Political Economy The problem of international double taxation is one of the most serious questions that engages the attention of economists and financial experts at the present time. . 412 Al-Abood v. El-Shamari, 217 F.3d 225, 232 (4th Cir. The power of taxation in the Philippines Constitution are grants of power and no limitations on taxing power. <>stream 411 <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream 259 See Posner & Sunstein, supra note 33, at 117980 (considering only presumption against extraterritoriality, act of state doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, and (mistakenly) Charming Betsy canon); supra notes 4648 and accompanying text (explaining why Charming Betsy is not truly an international comity doctrine). . 221 CCI Fines Google For Abuse Of Dominant Position. Close <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 46>>stream For example, the President has unreviewable authority to recognize foreign governments. Close But the origin of these rules in comity is clearly seen in the widespread adoption of a public policy exception. Sovereign party comity operates as a principle of restraint in American law through the doctrines of foreign state immunity and foreign official immunity, both of which fall under the more general heading of foreign sovereign immunity. endobj Co. of Can. 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. These opinions also assumed that international law required exhaustion. And other countries moderate the jurisdiction of their courts with a doctrine of lis pendens that defers in rule-like fashion to the first court seized with jurisdiction. 1782). 2 In the domestic context, a few other abstention doctrines exist. 131 .). . Close, Confusion also surrounds the relationship between international comity and international law. Laker Airways Ltd. v. Sabena, Belgian World Airlines, 731 F.2d 909, 95051 (D.C. Cir. The Supreme Court has held that a foreign government may not be recognized as a plaintiff in U.S. courts and simultaneously claim immunity from suit. Until the turn of the twentieth century, a private rationale for comity predominated, most often expressed as commercial convenience. 3 See, e.g., Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) 386 , it was generally assumed that the recognition of foreign judgments was governed by state rather than federal law. See Matar v. Dichter, 563 F.3d 9, 15 (2d Cir. Close <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 46>>stream The Charming Betsy canon is more akin to the constitutional avoidance canon, with which it is sometimes linked, than to doctrines of international comity. 2014) ([W]e conclude that all of the claims before us are nonjusticiable under the doctrine of international comity.). 39 . Close Congress has the constitutional power to declare war. This Article proceeds in four parts. It has been fertile in suggesting a discretion unregulated by general principles. Justice Story wrote in his treatise that this comity of nations was founded upon the notion of mutual convenience and utility. 1, eff. But see Am. The discretion not to recognize foreign rights was captured in the word comity. Historically, given the differences in corporate profit tax rates across jurisdictions, companies have manipulated pricing to reduce their total tax, The article argues that international tax law is not a recent law born in the 1920s, it has always existed. Pfizer, Inc. v. Govt of India, 434 U.S. 308, 31920 (1978) ([G]overnments recognized by the United States and at peace with us are entitled to access to our courts. As a principle of recognition, adjudicative comity operates in American law through the rules for recognizing foreign judgments and through judicial assistance to foreign courts with the discovery of evidence under 28 U.S.C. Comity served not just as the basis for enforcing foreign laws in American courts, but also as the basis for recognizing foreign judgments, 94 . 130 Close +wCLGNMU}Pk|*95?Smxs6|:+q,}"'j!MYGxBz:XFi5^{='IN[6*V Fo@kbD4v^ i3$'q+1cU4*y.>21 And doctrines that defer to foreign government actors as litigants, like a foreign governments privilege of bringing suit as a plaintiff and its immunity from suit as a defendant, are forms of sovereign party comity. (equating international comity with customary international law); Hartford Fire Ins. 280 35 1985) (American courts have consistently recognized the interest of foreign courts in liquidating or winding up the affairs of their own domestic business entities.). depends upon what our greatest jurists have been content to call the comity of nations). 134 S. Ct. 746, 761 (2014) (quoting Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown, 131 S. Ct. 2846, 2851 (2011)). H <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream xs Close During the first half of the twentieth century, as international law moved away from a strictly territorial view of jurisdiction, comity began to play new roles, restraining the reach of U.S. laws and the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. Some foreign officials are immune from suit based on their status. 99 . In areas like foreign sovereign immunity and prescriptive jurisdiction, doctrines of international comity are layered on top of rules of international law, creating a comity penumbra that surrounds an international law core. As with prescriptive comity and adjudicative comity, sovereign party comity operates in American law both as a principle of recognition and as a principle of restraint. %PDF-1.6 After examining a number of different doctrines, Maggie Gardner concludes that open-ended discretion promotes parochial outcomes systemically because it enables the evolution of tests that increasingly lock in parochial results. Maggie Gardner, Parochial Procedure 4 (Aug. 20, 2015) (unpublished manuscript), http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2651453 (on file with the Columbia Law Review). 47 0 obj Close This Article uses adjudicative as counterpart to prescriptive, but no difference in meaning is intended. 379 endstream 57 Answer: No. . Close, Sometimes, U.S. courts are asked to address the possibility of parallel foreign proceedings not by dismissing the U.S. suit but by enjoining the foreign proceeding. 82 But each fits this Articles definitiondeference to foreign government actors that is not required by international law but is incorporated in domestic lawand Part II defends the inclusion of each. The doctrine is also sometimes called foreign sovereign compulsion. Id. 410 See Ungar v. Palestine Liberation Org., 402 F.3d 274, 284 n.6 (1st Cir. Id. 374 Story, supra note 54, 30, at 36. 237 INTERNATIONAL COMITY AFTER THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT OF 2017 (PART TWO) Presented By: Diana L. Wollman, Esq., Panel Chair Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP New York City Steve Edge, Esq. In 28 U.S.C. Close 577, 579 (C.C.D. Close But he analyzes the doctrines from the perspective of contract theory rather than comity. Verlinden B.V. v. Cent. S 269 See infra notes 361362, 393395 and accompanying text (discussing Posner and Sunsteins argument). 81 225 44 0 obj See 28 U.S.C. Such decisions tend to be made categorically, outside the context of litigation. Nevertheless, lower courts have developed other comity doctrines to restrain adjudicative jurisdiction in international cases. and still others preemptive federal law? 1971) (articulating standard for torts); id. . In an early case, the Supreme Court characterized the doctrine as resting on the highest considerations of international comity and expediency. 217 See Socit Nationale Industrielle Arospatiale v. U.S. Dist. 149 Techs., 369 F.3d 645, 651 (2d Cir. Third, international comity is not international law, though the uses of international comity have changed in relation to changes in international law. Close of Iowa, 482 U.S. 522, 54344 (1987) (noting concept of international comity requires particularized analysis of discovery requests). or the comity of courts. xs . endstream 2012); Quaak v. Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Bedrijfsrevisoren, 361 F.3d 11, 18 (1st Cir. Jun 16, 1965 (121 Phil. Res. Id. Id. For a recent discussion of domestic comity doctrines, see Gil Seinfeld, Reflections on Comity in the Law of American Federalism, 90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 161 267 Close, The act of state doctrine provides another example of prescriptive comity operating as a principle of recognition. 665, 678 (La. 23 2009) ([I]n the common-law context, we defer to the Executives determination of the scope of immunity.); see also Rosenberg v. Pasha, 577 F. Appx 22, 2324 (2d Cir. 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). Id. at 138. <>stream (1) Actions in courts of other states. 283 See W.S. No. ,.. See supra note 37 (surveying international comity literature). Close (holding agreements in restraint of trade were unlawful, though made abroad, if they were intended to affect imports and did affect them). Close 28 U.S.C. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 423. 132 J. Transnatl L. 819, 835 (2011). Law Inst. 270 266 Close, On the restraint side of the ledger, some courts applying section 403 of the Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law have determined the geographic scope of U.S. statutes on a case-by-case basis. International law is distinct from international comity, which comprises legally nonbinding practices adopted by states for reasons of courtesy (e.g., the saluting of the flags of foreign warships at sea). 400 See, e.g., Somportex Ltd. v. Phila. Customary international law does not require the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. 355 id. All the international comity doctrines discussed in this Article are exercised by courts. Play this game to review Other. Close, Huber saw these maxims as part of the law of nations, <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream See Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson, 538 U.S. 468, 479 (2003) (noting foreign sovereign immunity is not meant to avoid chilling foreign states or their instrumentalities in the conduct of their business but to give foreign states and their instrumentalities some protection from the inconvenience of suit as a gesture of comity between the United States and other sovereigns); Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 40809 (1964) (Under principles of comity governing this countrys relations with other nations, sovereign states are allowed to sue in the courts of the United States. Close . 373 Close, In the area of prescriptive comity, one finds both rules and standards. endstream Rep. of the Intl Law Commn to the General Assembly, Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, U.N. GAOR, 53d Sess., Supp. 196 For a more detailed discussion of the relationship between international comity and international law, see infra Part III. Sec. Achille Lauro, 937 F.2d 44, 4749 (2d Cir. In Bank of Augusta v. Earle, Chief Justice Taney declared that comity helped not just to promote justice between individuals but also to produce a friendly intercourse between the sovereignties to which they belong. Many of the comity doctrines are justified on the basis of respecting foreign sovereignty and fostering friendly relations. 2005). See Alford, supra note 209, at 13339 (discussing different approaches to discovery for international arbitrations). (W.W.L.) See Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746, 763 (2014) ([I]nternational comity. 323 Close of Iowa, 482 U.S. 522, 543 (1987) (noting concept of international comity requires particularized analysis of discovery requests). 296 Inherent power of sovereignty Essentially a legislative function For public purposes Territorial in operation Tax exemption of government The. . Law Inst., Tentative Draft No. 1991) (Breyer, C.J.) G.R. See supra notes 7491 and accompanying text (discussing Huber and Story). Intl L.J. <>stream 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.). 83 Turner Entmt Co. v. Degeto Film GmbH, 25 F.3d 1512, 1518 (11th Cir. Close Close 36 In Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., the Supreme Court refused to impose a rule limiting assistance to information that would be discoverable under the foreign tribunals rules 649, 679725 (2000) (discussing range of foreign affairs doctrines). In Pfizer, Inc. v. Government of India, the Court stated more broadly that it is within the exclusive power of the Executive Branch to determine which nations are entitled to sue, but in context the Court appears to have been referring to the Presidents recognition power and not any broader authority to deny recognized foreign governments access to U.S. courts. or elusive. If international comity is deference to foreign government actors, then one may begin by dividing the comity doctrines into three categories based on the actors to whom deference is given: deference to foreign lawmakers is prescriptive comity; deference to foreign courts is adjudicative comity; and deference to foreign governments as litigants is sovereign party comity. Within each of these categories, one must further distinguish based upon the function of the doctrine. See Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113, 16364 (1895) (Comity, in the legal sense, is neither a matter of absolute obligation, on the one hand, nor of mere courtesy and good will, upon the other. endstream 369 24 Close Id. Id. Apr. endstream This discretionary aspect of international comity has been responsible for much of the criticism that the doctrine has attracted over the years. Erie R.R. Public interests began to play a larger role around the turn of the twentieth century. ; see also Leigh Testimony, supra note 398, at 34 (noting disadvantages. This approach reflects the supposition that courts using the term have the sense, however inchoate, that a common principle lies behind certain doctrines. . Close Childress, supra note 20, at 51. The possibility of case-specific deference to the Executive under the FSIA is considered below. 37 0 obj The short of the matter is this: Courts in the United States have the power, and ordinarily the obligation, to decide cases and controversies properly presented to them. Colorado River, 424 U.S. at 818. No. 399 55 Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Envtl. Close endstream endstream 207 119 17, 24 (2014). . (quoting Verlinden, 461 U.S. at 486)). Close .). . 1985) (noting principles of comity would require recognition of extraterritorial acts of state if consistent with U.S. policy). 2202, 2212 (2015) (discussing early American understanding of law of nations). This Article contributes to the ongoing debates over the shape of those doctrines by showing that international comity may be expressed in rules rather than standards and may be exercised by courts rather than the Executive. As a principle of recognition, it allows foreign governments recognized by the United States, and not at war with it, to bring suit in U.S. courts. No one would assert that the executive branch, rather than a court, should decide whether a foreign judgment should be recognized or whether a particular case should be dismissed on grounds of forum non conveniens. Ship company PRESUMED negligent for lost, damaged Tan v. Bausch (Case Digest. 237 Hubers third maxim stated that a government would give effect to foreign laws within its territory only so far as they do not cause prejudice to the power or rights of such government or of its subjects. Some have asserted that this discretion must be exercised on a case-by-case basis and that the executive branch is more competent to apply the doctrines of international comity. These international comity doctrines operate to recognize foreign law and to restrain the reach of American law. Close Although the Third Restatement took the position that such interest balancing was required by customary international law, . xs For example, no rule of customary international law requires the United States to recognize the judgment of a foreign court, Close 2009) (applying Colorado River abstention to foreign proceedings); Royal & Sun All. With respect to the second myth, it is important to recognize that the proper role of the Executive depends on the comity doctrine at issue. requires case-by-case analysis. 17 The issue is not one of jurisdiction, but one of comity. (quoting Seattle Totems Hockey Club, Inc. v. Natl Hockey League, 652 F.2d 852, 855 (9th Cir. 129 395 That system generally leaves the taxation of foreign income to the government within whose territory the activity occurs and thus avoids double taxation entirely. Close National Internal Revenue Code as of its amendment by PD 69. 37 Mfg. Close, During the nineteenth century, American courts invoked comity repeatedly as the basis for enforcing foreign lawsfrom those governing contracts, 327 (n.s.) 31 0 obj 164, 167 (1870) (To deny him this privilege would manifest a want of comity and friendly feeling.). 62 38 See id. See supra notes 379380 and accompanying text (discussing Chevron). 36 The Supreme Court has also looked to international comity to limit the exercise of specific jurisdiction under the heading of reasonableness. When determining whether an exercise of personal jurisdiction is reasonable under the Due Process Clause, the Supreme Court has expressly required lower courts to consider the procedural and substantive policies of other nations whose interests are affected by the assertion of jurisdiction. . 152 The case, in which Dallas served as counsel, was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds, but Dallas apparently felt that his translation should not go to waste. See 159 U.S. 113, 163 (1895) (noting enforcement of judicial decree. To attempt it through the process of case-by-case adjudication is a recipe for endless litigation and confusion.). But comity as a principle of restraint was more difficult to explain in convenience terms. Riding circuit two years later, Justice Washington invoked Huber for the proposition that by the courtesy of nations, to be inferred from their tacit consent, the laws which are executed within the limits of any government are permitted to operate everywhere, provided they do not produce injury to the rights of such other government or its citizens. w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. 67 See WestlawNext, http:// When push comes to shove, the domestic forum is rarely unseated. w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. xs n;.V' dELj )fXQ/$+BP*QISz Iq]X#8AjR6/%y#HOgELg" [pe8>7y=1S6^n6 S+!]QaMk@7y]OsBBWZ!nU? S3U1`-6`Lj:4U&%# 74 EEOC v. Arabian Am. 2006) (applying doctrine of international comity abstention). 95 222 which may be defined as deference to foreign courts. 312 307 endstream . x+ | Testifying before Congress in favor of the proposed FSIA, State Department Legal Adviser Monroe Leigh said that the State Departments consideration of political factors is, in fact, the very antithesis of the rule of law which we would like to see established. Today, American courts also use international comity to restrain the reach of domestic law. at 1207; see also id. Spencer Weber Waller, The Twilight of Comity, 38 Colum. See 509 U.S. 764, 797, 799 (1993) (Since the London reinsurers do not argue that British law requires them to act in some fashion prohibited by the law of the United States. The substance over form doctrine is typically a "one-sided sword" used for the IRS's benefit. . This Article aims to support the role of international comity in U.S. foreign relations law by providing a proper definition and analytic framework and by freeing international comity from some of the myths that have surrounded it. See Colo. River Water Conservation Dist. 112 Yousuf, 699 F.3d at 773; see also Ingrid Wuerth, Foreign Official Immunity Determinations in U.S. Courts: The Case Against the State Department, 51 Va. J. Intl L. 915, 92954 (2011) (considering and rejecting bases for executive lawmaking with respect to immunity). In summary, adjudicative comity operates in American law through limits on personal jurisdiction as well as doctrines like forum non conveniens (and others of more doubtful status) that allow courts to dismiss cases over which they have jurisdiction. Close 381 1987)); see also E. & J. Gallo Winery v. Andina Licores S.A., 446 F.3d 984, 989 (9th Cir. 1987) (stating recognition and enforcement of foreign country judgments is a matter of State law). Id. Taxation of the real estate in Dubai. 13 . 167 43 0 obj Close Close 107 Close 460, 472 (N.Y. 1820) (Kent, J.) Rep. 99, 77 (Feb. 3) (finding international law required immunity for acta jure imperii committed by armed forces during armed conflict). Court for S. Dist. 2006) (recognizing possibility of abstaining on international comity grounds); Ungaro-Benages v. Dresdner Bank AG, 379 F.3d 1227, 1238 (11th Cir. 146 1987) (concluding factors favoring antisuit injunction are not sufficient to overcome the restraint and caution required by international comity). . . 59 Defects in the Information = jurisdictional infirmity, Wife wants annulment because of lazy gamer husband, G.R. . No. xS**T0T0 BiU" n 299 This Articles definition of international comity is based on a reading of all the U.S. Supreme Court cases that use the word comity As State Department Acting Legal Adviser Charles Brower testified, We at the Department of State are now persuaded. Choong Yong, 837 F.2d 33, 36 (2d Cir. 168 See, e.g., Morrison v. Natl Austl. Close For a principle that plays such a central role in U.S. foreign relations law, international comity is surrounded by a surprising amount of confusion. Tariff and Customs Code as of its amendment by PD 34. Close . passing on the validity of foreign acts of state may hinder rather than further this countrys pursuit of goals. Close <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 46>>stream at 356. See Alan Watson, Joseph Story and the Comity of Errors 1844 (1992). 347 21 See, e.g., In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litig., 810 F. Supp. Like Huber and Story, Gray noted the territorial sovereigns discretion not to enforce foreign law against its own interests. July 4, 2012 (690 Phil. L. 223, 282 (2014) (summarizing choice-of-law methodologies). Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Envtl. 3 Joseph H. Beale, A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws 71, at 1965 (1935); see also A.V. 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