Close, The FSIA did not codify the immunities of foreign officials. .); Roxas v. Marcos, 969 P.2d 1209, 1261 n.36 (Haw. See supra notes 152154 and accompanying text (discussing emergence of foreign sovereignty rationale). Recognition and restraint are often related. Prescriptive comity operates as a principle of restraint in American law today mainly through the presumption against extraterritoriality. 2006) (A federal district court with jurisdiction over the parties has the power to enjoin them from proceeding with an action in the courts of a foreign country, although the power should be used sparingly. Some of these references may be intended simply to emphasize that foreign sovereign immunity is not required by the Constitution. 384 No. . See Fischer v. Magyar llamvasutak Zrt., 777 F.3d 847, 857 (7th Cir. Law360 (January 9, 2023, 8:37 PM EST) -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to weigh in on a case seeking the return of a valuable art collection that was looted from a Hungarian Jewish . w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. []D2*B0Z6j\vC!m Others have used the phrases judicial comity requires case-by-case analysis. 905, 909 (S.D.N.Y. 60 223 . Rev. Paul Stephan similarly notes that [e]ncounters between courts may be retrospective, prospective, or on-going. Paul B. Stephan, Courts on Courts: Contracting for Engagement and Indifference in International Judicial Encounters, 100 Va. L. Rev. Id. (internal citation omitted). 2, April, 1923) The problem of international double taxation is one of the most serious ques-tions that engages the attention of econo- See supra notes 186191 and accompanying text (discussing presumption against extraterritoriality). INTERNATIONAL COMITY. Kirkpatricks approach was more rule-like than the approach in Sabbatino, where the Court suggested a case-by-case balancing of factors. of Iowa, 482 U.S. 522, 54142 (1987). . 89 25 293 221 After paraphrasing and defending Huber, Story endorsed comity as the basis for enforcing foreign law. 143 21 But the distinction should not be overstated. Law Inst. this theory is referred to as: points) symbiotic DismissTry Ask an Expert Ask an Expert Sign inRegister Sign inRegister Home Ask an ExpertNew My Library Courses You don't have any courses yet. 142 2202, 2212 (2015) (discussing early American understanding of law of nations). 372 The expansion of personal jurisdiction created more opportunities for parallel proceedings, which American courts developed new tools to manage, like the doctrine of forum non conveniens Intl L.J. Judge Zilly dissented from this part of the opinion, finding the doctrine inapplicable in the absence of a pending foreign proceeding. note at 591 (Am. 308 320 If it does it, it is as a matter of comity, and not as a matter of international right. 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. For an excellent review of possible solutions, see id. ,.. ,.. Close Sabbatino, 376 U.S. at 40809 (holding privilege of bringing suit extends to governments recognized by United States and not at war with it); see also Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 135 S. Ct. 2076, 2084 (2015) (Recognized sovereigns may sue in United States courts. . Close Close 542 U.S. 155, 165, 169 (2004). Close 114 1827) (Porter, J.)) 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. Close De facto corporation created by special law. Intl Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 316 (1945) (quoting Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U.S. 457, 463 (1940)). 2012) (Like diplomatic immunity, head-of-state immunity involves a formal act of recognition, that is a quintessentially executive function for which absolute deference is proper. (quoting Rutledge, supra note 330, at 606). Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 102(2) (Am. 360 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. 125678. 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). .). Most recently, in Mujica endstream 35 394 on the Judiciary, Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts in Suits Against Foreign States, H.R. For further discussion of the interplay between recognition and restraint, see infra note 286 and accompanying text. 233 Answer: No, under international comity the property of a foreign state or government may not be the subject of taxation by another. They allow foreign governments to bring suit as plaintiffs, while shielding those governments and their officials from responding as defendants in some circumstances. Bradley, supra note 66, at 666. For a discussion of the Supreme Courts treatment of amicus briefs filed by foreign governments, see Kristen E. Eichensehr, Foreign Sovereigns as Friends of the Court, 102 Va. L. Rev. 68 33 Croudson v. Leonard, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 434, 437 (1808) ([P]ublic convenience seems to require that a question, which has once been fairly decided, should not be again litigated between the same parties. See Samantar, 130 S. Ct. at 2292 (concluding FSIA does not govern petitioners claim of [foreign official] immunity). Source-based taxation First, states must decide how to tax the income that is generated within their borders by foreign-based MNCs. Geo.LJ, 80, 53. Changes in international law have sometimes created new roles for international comity, and rules of international comity have sometimes evolved into rules of international law. [1] the factors considered by the second circuit in the comity balancing test include: (1) degree of conflict with foreign law or policy; (2) nationality of the parties, locations or principal places of business of corporations; (3) relative importance of the alleged violation of conduct here as compared with conduct abroad; (4) the extent to 557 (1992); Duncan Kennedy, Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication, 89 Harv. See Spector, 545 U.S. at 158 (Scalia, J., dissenting) (The fine tuning of legislation that the plurality requires would be better left to Congress. Intl L. Commn 20, 26, U.N. Doc. 1971) (rejecting reciprocity requirement for conflict of laws). Close The circuits following Colorado River have held that international comity abstention is appropriate only where parallel foreign proceedings are pending, <>stream American Banana, 213 U.S. at 356. Close 148 14 Asia Brewery v. CA (Case Digest. 316 each of which allows a district court to stay or dismiss a case over which it has personal jurisdiction. Id. Close, This definition of comity is both incomplete and ambiguous. 1971) (applying state law to enforcement of foreign judgment). 295 10 201 <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream They recognize the judgments of foreign courts and limit the jurisdiction of American courts. This rule turns on two easily ascertainable facts. endstream . 49 0 obj Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Envtl. In the Arospatiale case, for example, the Supreme Court had to decide whether to require first resort to the Hague Evidence Convention for the gathering of evidence abroad. 285 191, 20510 (2003) [hereinafter Slaughter, A Global Community of Courts] (discussing emergence of judicial comity). 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). Story, supra note 54, 33, at 38. The Santissima Trinidad, 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) Close I, 8, cl. 307 Close Close xS**T0T0 Bid]" Y 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). Va. 1799) (No. Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., 480 U.S. 102, 115 (1987). (forthcoming 2016) (manuscript at 3364) (on file with the Columbia Law Review) (examining reasons for Courts deference to views of foreign sovereigns who file amicus briefs). Close 270 Close 577, 579 (C.C.D. See William S. Dodge, International Comity in American Law, 115 Colum. and the Supreme Court has rejected a case-by-case approach for restraining the extraterritorial reach of federal statutes. 391 . 121 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. 220 47 0 obj endobj The possibility of case-specific deference to the Executive under the FSIA is considered below. Close 53 0 obj Foreign state compulsion similarly operates on a statute-by-statute basis, although its application may depend on the degree of compulsion and on the good faith of the party asking to be excused from U.S. law. In fact, Justice Story meant nothing of the kind. 16041607 (2012) (providing foreign state immunity from suit subject to specific exceptions). Close Id. note at 591 (Am. 2001) ([1962 Uniform Act] is a codification of the common-law doctrine of comity applied to foreign nation money judgments.). Priv. . (emphasis omitted)). endstream 305 Looking to principles of international comity in such cases certainly makes more sense than looking to principles of federalism. 357 See infra Part III (explaining differences between international comity and international law). 2014) (internal quotation marks omitted). 589, 606 (2011))). For a more detailed discussion of the relationship between international comity and international law, see infra Part III. Executive branch agencies may also have authority to determine the geographic scope of statutes they administer. 115 2 Close 400 Congress has also authorized federal courts to assist foreign and international tribunals with respect to the discovery of evidence located in the United States. See Guar. 14mc00190 (JSR), 2014 WL 3893953, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. (Applied prospectively, federal courts evaluate several factors, including the strength of the United States interest in using a foreign forum, the strength of the foreign governments interests, and the adequacy of the alternative forum.). 756, 757 (C.C.D. ,.. b1NW0Nwn 217 41 0 obj 319 219 176, 194 (Can.) The shift from private to public rationales for comityfrom convenience to sovereigntyhad a number of consequences. The Court has also developed specific doctrines for abstaining in favor of state courts and has permitted abstention in cases falling outside these doctrines in exceptional circumstances. 7 194 ,.. . See, e.g., The Apollon, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 340 L.J. The Court has also expressly rejected reciprocity as a condition to a foreign governments privilege of bringing suit in U.S. courts. is a myth. Comity refers to courts of one state or jurisdiction respecting the laws and judicial decisions of other jurisdictions - whether state, federal or international - not as a matter of obligation but out of deference and mutual respect. TARIFF C. TAXATION D. TRIBUTE 2. 292 482 U.S. at 554 (Blackmun, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part). Close endstream 21) (The rule that local remedies must be exhausted before international proceedings may be instituted is a well-established rule of customary international law. 133 309 200 16,871) (Story, J.). See Story, supra note 54, 23, at 30 (When its own code speaks positively on the subject, it must be obeyed. International comity Territorial jurisdiction 21. 69 301 Close. See, e.g., Morrison v. Natl Austl. While Story found much diversity of practice as well as of opinion among jurists and nations, Story, supra note 54, 584, at 847, he also cited comity as the basis for enforcing foreign judgments. The result is the first comprehensive account of international comity applied by U.S. courts. . 249 Palmer, Exorbitant Jurisdiction, 58 Me. 23 0 obj endstream 347 American courts in the nineteenth century tended to follow Huber in this regard. all nations had consented to treat the foreign sovereign himself, his foreign minister, and his military forces as immune from arrest or detention within their territories. Close endstream 194 255 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. Id. Ship company PRESUMED negligent for lost, damaged Tan v. Bausch (Case Digest. 2009) (noting possibility of abstention when there is litigation pending in a foreign forum or, even absent such litigation, but finding abstention inappropriate in that case). Public interests found expression only as a justification for not extending comity to foreign laws, because under Hubers third maxim, one nation would enforce the laws of another only insofar as they do not cause prejudice to the power or rights of such government or of its subjects. endstream 370 407 G.R. 334 1987) (Where fairly possible, a United States statute is to be construed so as not to conflict with international law or with an international agreement of the United States.). But see Am. Close 245 Part IV challenges both of these myths. Tectonics Corp., Intl, 493 U.S. 400, 404 (1990) (Scalia, J.) 212 20 See, e.g., Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1982 (FTAIA), 15 U.S.C. . 350 Story, supra note 54, 38, at 41. endstream See Crawford, supra note 24, at 157 (noting while some countries allow recognized governments to sue in local courts, great caution is needed in using municipal cases to establish propositions about recognition in general international law). 541 U.S. 677, 70102 (2004). and instead articulated a number of factors to guide the district courts discretion. 11315 Before the Subcomm. to extend comity, or is it simply a question of convenience? See Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Jurisdiction 404 cmt. Posner and Sunstein characterize the public policy exception to the recognition of foreign laws and judgments as an anti-comity doctrine because it assert[s] American interests. See id. 154 Close 50 passing on the validity of foreign acts of state may hinder rather than further this countrys pursuit of goals. + This Article also omits enforcement of arbitration clauses, which Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. said rested in part on concerns of international comity. 473 U.S. 614, 629 (1985). 152 . 204 In a majority of states, these rules are codified for money judgments in two uniform acts. ,.. 364 as a reasonable assumption about the focus of congressional concern in most cases. 1987) (concluding factors favoring antisuit injunction are not sufficient to overcome the restraint and caution required by international comity). See Posner & Sunstein, supra note 33, at 1204 ([I]n cases in which the executive has adopted an interpretation via rulemaking or adjudication, or is otherwise entitled to deference under standard principles of administrative law, the executives interpretations should prevail over the comity doctrines.); see also Bradley, supra note 66, at 69194 (arguing for Chevron deference on questions of geographic scope); Zachary D. Clopton, Replacing the Presumption Against Extraterritoriality, 94 B.U. ,.. 109 v. Bezdikian, 195 P.3d 604, 608 (Cal. In these areas it makes sense to think of an international law core and a comity penumbra. endstream Some international comity doctrines have been interpreted to permit case-by-case discretion by the executive branch. Part II discusses and categorizes the manifestations of international comity in American law, defending the inclusion of each doctrine and explaining why each of the categories represents a coherent group. 287 Corp. v. M.V. Co. v. California, 509 U.S. 764, 817 (1993) (Scalia, J., dissenting) (defining prescriptive comity as respect sovereign nations afford each other by limiting the reach of their laws). One might characterize the act of state doctrine as one that rests in part on a basis other than comity. endstream 1. H. Comm. xs 2004) (The standard of review for the grant of a permanent injunction, including an antisuit injunction, is abuse of discretion.). 102 321 Chimne I. Keitner, The Common Law of Foreign Official Immunity, 14 Green Bag 2d 61, 6364 (2010) (discussing head of state immunity as status-based immunity). 2d 407, 418 n.73 (S.D.N.Y. noun In international law, that courtesy between states or nations by which the laws and institutions of the one are recognized, and in certain cases and under certain limitations given effect to, by the government of the other, within its territory. 409 + 248 . ), a famous decision in which Lord Mansfield refused to recognize foreign laws making someone a slave. . Close. 2012); Quaak v. Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Bedrijfsrevisoren, 361 F.3d 11, 18 (1st Cir. Frank Vibert provides an expert analysis on how this situation has arisen from a combination of changes in the relative power and position of nations and the different values behind the organisation of domestic . Inspired by a footnote in the Supreme Courts Sosa decision, The Supreme Court has noted that comity and parity concerns may be important as touchstones for a district courts exercise of discretion in particular cases. Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 542 U.S. 241, 261 (2004). Lower courts have tended to cabin this suggestion within the existing framework of the political question doctrine. bV mh[kw`C53[yR_WBD"YkeP#bi;k5lmm\'a Close 28 U.S.C. In this respect, international comity mirrors international law, which recognizes both jurisdiction to prescribe and jurisdiction to adjudicate. Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 401(a)(b) (Am. Rep. 499; Lofft. 90. In addition, the study of international law, or public international law, is distinguished from the field of conflict of laws, Read More Close, Judicial assistance to foreign tribunals under 1782, on the other hand, is clearly discretionary. 46 One post-Morrison decision has held that a transaction in the United States is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the application of section 10(b). Close . 147 Corp., 43 F.3d 65, 75 (3d Cir. . On the one hand, the executive branch plainly has authority to make some decisions that affect the application of international comity doctrines. 269 175 Indus. Campbell McLachlan has astutely observed that lis pendens does not require adoption of a first-seized rule. 164, 167 (1870) (allowing foreign sovereign to bring suit in U.S. courts because [t]o deny him this privilege would manifest a want of comity and friendly feeling). ), Judgment, 2012 I.C.J. Courts have declined to defer to the Executive even with respect to doctrines like forum non conveniens that expressly incorporate public interest factors. Close 460, 472 (N.Y. 1820) (Kent, J.) If that recognition occurs as a matter of comity, as has traditionally been the case with the conflict of laws in the United States, it may properly be deemed an exercise of prescriptive comity., Some writers have preferred legislative comity, Close 2008) (en banc) (plurality opinion) (McKeown, J.) Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 403 (Am. Y.B. See James Crawford, Brownlies Principles of Public International Law 157 (8th ed. 06-10061-MLW, 2006 WL 1344091, at *4 (D. Mass. INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919, 951 (1983) (The Constitution sought to divide the delegated powers of the new Federal Government into three defined categories, Legislative, Executive and Judicial, to assure, as nearly as possible, that each branch of government would confine itself to its assigned responsibility.). & Constr. Because enforcement of arbitration clauses does not involve deference to foreign government actors, it is not a doctrine of international comity but rather reflects deference to private autonomy. Close, Scottish lawyers brought Hubers ideas to Britain, where Lord Mansfield adopted them in his conflicts decisions. Close Because the doctrine of forum non conveniens allows U.S. courts to restrain their exercise of jurisdiction in deference to foreign courts, it is properly considered a doctrine of international comity. 26 35 0 obj Id. 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. 78 30 rightly done according to the law of any particular place, are valid even where a different law prevails.). To say that the presumption applies in all cases is not to say that U.S. statutes apply only to conduct in the United States. 6604, 6606; S. Comm. See Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) It is regarded as comprehensive, unlimited, plenary and supreme. 95 x+ | the Supreme Court recognized the authority of a federal court to dismiss a suit over which it had jurisdiction on grounds of forum non conveniens. Close, Huber saw these maxims as part of the law of nations, 549 F.2d at 613. 2012) ([H]ead-of-state immunity involves a formal act of recognition, that is a quintessentially executive function for which absolute deference is proper. (quoting Peter B. Rutledge, Samantar, Official Immunity and Federal Common Law, 15 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 202 150 a, at 132 (2006) (Declination of jurisdictionwhether via lis pendens or via forum non conveniensis closely related to recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.); see also Calamita, supra note 37, at 650 (placing doctrines along continuum). 14 but domestic law is free to go beyond these minimum requirements and extend greater immunity as a matter of comity. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 46>>stream 83), Bar exam flops = failure of law profs? 343 The statute expressly says that a district court may order a person within its district to provide evidence. 8, intro. 1997) ([T]o the extent that comity is informed by general principles of reasonableness, see Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 403, the indictment lodged against NPI is well within the pale.); In re Maxwell Commcn Corp., 93 F.3d 1036, 104653 (2d Cir. 2370(e)(2) (2012) (creating exception in any case with respect to which the President determines that application of the act of state doctrine is required in that particular case by the foreign policy interests of the United States). See W.S. . Restatement (Second) of Conflicts of Laws 10 (Am. + 347 Law Inst. What changes is the time at which the question is asked. Based on this survey, this Article adopts a functional definition of international comity that captures its uses in American law today: International comity is deference to foreign government actors that is not required by international law but is incorporated in domestic law. 288 89 241 v. GE Med. + 401(b) (defining jurisdiction to adjudicate as jurisdiction to subject persons or things to the process of its courts or administrative tribunals). But the courts are free to draw for themselves its legal consequences in litigations pending before them. B. I and II only. Close 412 See infra Part III (explaining differences between international comity and international law). <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream 151 The federal act of state doctrine, on the other hand, is quite rule-like. 300 408 or to allow foreign governments to bring suit as plaintiffs in U.S. courts. w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. 77 A U.S. court must recognize as valid a foreign act to which the doctrine applies, [h]owever offensive to the public policy of this country and its constituent States [the act] may be. Some foreign officials are immune from suit based on their status. w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. 379 courts of justice presume the tacit adoption of [foreign laws] by their own government, unless they are repugnant to its policy, or prejudicial to its interests. J. Comp. and (more questionably) the doctrines of prudential exhaustion Close Answers in Genesis, 556 F.3d at 467 (Colorado River instructed courts to consider several factors in determining whether to abstain in favor of a parallel proceeding in the courts of another sovereign.); Royal & Sun All., 466 F.3d at 94 (For two actions to be considered parallel, the parties in the actions need not be the same, but they must be substantially the same, litigating substantially the same issues in both actions.); Gross, 456 F.3d at 39394 (rejecting international comity abstention absent pending foreign proceeding); AAR Intl, 250 F.3d at 518 (In evaluating the propriety of the district courts decision to abstain under Colorado River, we must first determine whether the federal and foreign proceedings are parallel.); Al-Abood, 217 F.3d at 232 (The threshold question in deciding whether Colorado River abstention is appropriate is whether there are parallel suits.). Id. Id. Whether CCI should abstain from exercising its jurisdiction to maintain comity between decisions of different authorities on the same issues? 25 Sovereign party comity is deference to foreign government actors as litigants in U.S. courts. G.R. It may be reversed only when there has been a clear abuse of discretion. But see Massey, supra note 130, at 42834 (arguing section 403 does not reflect customary international law). 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. Spencer Weber Waller, The Twilight of Comity, 38 Colum. It is perhaps for such reasons that one sees standards dominating adjudicative comity as a principle of restraint (e.g., forum non conveniens), while rules dominate in the area of sovereign party comity. As this territorial view of sovereignty weakened, however, comity came to play new roles in American law. 20, at 26. Close. Whether any particular legal doctrine should take the form of a rule or a standard is a perennial question. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., 542 U.S. 155, 164 (2004). What distinguishes the doctrines in this section is that they manifest comity to foreign courts, whether by recognizing those courts judgments or by restraining the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. See supra note 45 and accompanying text (describing additional rationale for presumption against extraterritoriality). See, e.g., Regulation No. ,.. See infra notes 372374 and accompanying text (discussing executive recognition and immunity under FSIA). No one shall be imprisoned for non-payment of tax. 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). It turns legal decisions into political ones, undermining not only the rule of law but also the foreign policy interests of the United States. International law and international comity both mediate the relationship between the U.S. legal system and other nations, but they are fundamentally different. See 22 U.S.C. w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. 275 Close Close <>stream . Law Inst., Preliminary Draft No. Comity was neither a matter of absolute obligation, on the one hand, nor of mere courtesy and good will, upon the other. Close . Part IV shows that international comity doctrines are frequently expressed as rules rather than standards, and that allowing courts to apply these doctrines without inference by the executive branch promotes not just the rule of law but also U.S. foreign relations. <>stream See, e.g., Or. Id. Id. VIII INTERNATIONAL COMITY IN TAXATION CLYDE J. CROBAUGH University of Indiana (Reprinted from the Journal of Political Economy, Vol. The Competition Commission of India (herein after CCI . Nevertheless, lower courts have developed other comity doctrines to restrain adjudicative jurisdiction in international cases. Corp., 460 U.S. 1, 23, 26 (1983) (advising district courts to consider additionally: (1) whether federal law provides the rule of decision on the merits; and (2) whether nonfederal proceeding would adequately protect federal plaintiffs rights). See Samantar, 130 S. Ct. at 2292 (noting immunity of foreign official was properly governed by the common law). 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