The author believes double taxation is properly a constitutional limitation. See Ramsey, supra note 19, at 896 n.16 (I speak here and throughout this Article only of international comity used in connection with the effect-of-foreign-acts inquiry.). a. ,.. Factors that determine the situs of taxation. Me. EEOC v. Arabian Am. + Close . International law binds the United States and gives rise to international responsibility. Scholars have differed over the importance of slavery in shaping Storys views of comity. See Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Jurisdiction 404 cmt. In Oetjen v. Central Leather Co., the Supreme Court said that the doctrine rests at last upon the highest considerations of international comity and expediency. Close. 314 ), in John A. Boyd, Digest of U.S. 88 255 Defects in the Information = jurisdictional infirmity, Wife wants annulment because of lazy gamer husband, G.R. v. Bezdikian, 195 P.3d 604, 608 (Cal. For further discussion, see infra notes 228258 and accompanying text (discussing adjudicative comity as principle of restraint). See 509 U.S. 764, 799 (1993) (concluding if defendants could comply with both U.S. and foreign law, there was no need to address other considerations that might inform a decision to refrain from the exercise of jurisdiction on grounds of international comity). 2005) (It may be argued that a foreign state, for purposes of the FSIA, is an entity that has been recognized as a sovereign by the United States government.); see also Sokolow v. Palestine Liberation Org., 583 F. Supp. as a reasonable assumption about the focus of congressional concern in most cases. The Article shows that courts frequently express doctrines of international comity as rules rather than standards, and that allowing courts to apply these doctrines without interference by the executive branch promotes not just the rule of law but also U.S. foreign relations. Close A rule that makes compliance discretionary cannot be followed from a sense of legal obligation. See 2005 Uniform Act, supra note 106, 11 (This [act] does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this [act].); see also Manco Contracting Co. 312 214 See, e.g., Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 257 (1981) (The forum non conveniens determination is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court. Another example is discovery under the Hague Evidence Convention. 239 339 Storys first maxim combines Hubers first two, Storys second maxim restates a part of Hubers first, and Storys third maxim tracks Hubers third. Sitting heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers are entitled to status-based immunity from suits based on any actofficial or unofficialbut only while they hold those offices. Close. ('CCI') in the case XYZ (confidential) v. Vifor International. 370 Close See Cohen, supra note 34, at 436 (Special deference to the Executive on foreign affairs now seems ill-placed.). When an American court recognizes a foreign judgment, it restrains the exercise of its own authority to decide the merits of that case. 1919) (1689), reprinted in Lorenzen, supra note 71, at 164 (citations omitted). 240 w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. 182 3, 2015) (There is no general doctrine of international law that requires a sovereign to excuse compliance with its law because of conflict with the law of another state.). * Martin Luther King, Jr. 368 Close <>stream 23 limitations on taxation. at 168. L-39086, June 15, 1988 (245 Phil. Comity "counsels voluntary forbearance when a sovereign which has a legitimate claim to jurisdiction concludes that a second sovereign also has a legitimate claim to jurisdiction under principles of international law." Wharf, 210 F.3d at 1236 (quotations omitted). See, e.g., Finova Cap. See Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Jurisdiction 222, cmt. 108 The Supreme Court refused in Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. to impose a rule limiting assistance to evidence that would be discoverable under the foreign tribunals rules, but the Court noted that comity and parity concerns may be important as touchstones for a district courts exercise of discretion in particular cases. Council, Inc., 509 U.S. 155, 174 (1993) (noting presumption has a foundation broader than the desire to avoid conflict with the laws of other nations); Smith v. United States, 507 U.S. 197, 204 n.5 (1993) (rejecting argument presumption does not apply where there is no risk of conflict with foreign law). endobj In Sabbatino, Justice Harlan observed that [o]ften the State Department will wish to refrain from taking an official position, particularly at a moment that would be dictated by the development of private litigation but might be inopportune diplomatically. See 11 U.S. (7 Cranch) 116, 147 (1812) (Marshall, C.J.) 381 See N. Jansen Calamita, Rethinking Comity: Towards a Coherent Treatment of International Parallel Proceedings, 27 U. Pa. J. Intl Econ. Close See Symeon C. Symeonides, Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2013: Twenty-Seventh Annual Survey, 62 Am. See Yousuf v. Samantar, 699 F.3d 763, 772 (4th Cir. 135 17 until Congress passed the FSIA in 1976. 213 U.S. 347 (1909). Posner & Sunstein, supra note 33, at 1173. 55 8, intro. endstream 89 See Aetna Life Ins. But it does suggest that sovereign immunity in the United States cannot be understood exclusively in international law terms. 14 0 obj Close Close. Watson speculates that Mansfield was deliberately ignoring Huber in order to reach his decision, Watson, supra, at 68, and that the attorneys for Somersets owners must not have raised Huber since that would have forced Mansfields hand, id. (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). Id. See Ungar v. Palestine Liberation Org., 402 F.3d 274, 284 n.6 (1st Cir. 44 0 obj 81 For further discussion of the interplay between recognition and restraint, see infra note 286 and accompanying text. 2d 451, 458 (S.D.N.Y. Recognition and restraint are often related. 53 13 149 Apr. Cent. Close 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). In any event, that is certainly how the doctrine of comity developed in England and the United States. Guar. 18, 1961, 23 U.S.T. Bank N.Y. Tr. endobj Id. 64 132 at 622 (Zilly, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (I would join the Third Circuit in declining to follow the Eleventh Circuit down the prospective comity path.). 28 0 obj 1, 2014) (noting even discretionary grounds for nonrecognition of foreign judgments are mostly mandatory in practice). Close, Confusion also surrounds the relationship between international comity and international law. Close Paramedics Electromedicina Comercial, Ltda. 25 0 obj 164, 167 (1870) (To deny him this privilege would manifest a want of comity and friendly feeling.). Close 97 See, e.g., Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714, 722 (1877) (observing because [t]he several States are of equal dignity and authority,. Close 2202, 2212 (2015) (discussing early American understanding of law of nations). 14. 1812) (No. 134 342 x+ | 385 The lower courts approach to extraterritorial acts of state is more of a standard, calling for an evaluation of the foreign acts consistency with U.S. policy in each case. 225 29, 2006) ([I]ssues of comity weigh against allowing the discovery in this case.). .). 363 Comitys connection to foreign relations has led some to conclude that international comity determinations would be better made by the executive branch than by courts. 410 170 Close, A larger number of circuits have recognized a doctrine of abstention based on international comity. Jun 30, 1966 (123 Phil. Yes, with respect to all properties held by the educational institution. Close 2009) (While these bases have been characterized as exorbitant or extraordinary, they have, thus far, not been asserted, on authoritative grounds, to be violative of international law.); Clermont & Palmer, supra note 308, at 476 ([E]xorbitant jurisdiction is best understood less as an existing rule than as a normative statement about the appropriate scope of international jurisdiction.). Law Inst. 296 . 139 321), The aggravating circumstances of nighttime, G.R. Some foreign officials are immune from suit based on their status. The Courts characterization of sovereign immunity as comity does not preclude the possibility that some measure of immunity is required by international law. 246 121 See, e.g., Howe v. Goldcorp Invs., Ltd., 946 F.2d 944, 95053 (1st Cir. But customary international law requires the exhaustion of local remedies in domestic courts only before a claim is brought in an international tribunal. 569, 596 (La. x+ | ,.. Close It is an inherent attribute of sovereignty. Close Close Close 291 Close 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations, 2008 O.J. ,.. As Part III of this Article explains, however, international comity is distinct from international law. Close, Yet courts and commentators repeatedly confess that they do not really understand what international comity means. 29 Such decisions tend to be made categorically, outside the context of litigation. x+ | of Iowa, 482 U.S. 522, 52944 (1987) (holding Hague Evidence Convention did not preclude use of U.S. discovery rules and then supplementing treaty with doctrine of comity); supra note 266267 (discussing Arospatiale in more detail). endstream Deferring to an agencys interpretation of the geographic scope of a statute under Chevron respects the established roles of Congress, the executive branch, and the courts. 268 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). at 164. endobj See infra notes 352353 and accompanying text (discussing doctrines of adjudicative comity that operate as principles of restraint). 1605A(h)(6) (2012). See, e.g., Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 38 U.S. (13 Pet.) Close procedures compatible with. Close Close arises out of the basic relationships between branches of government in a system of separation of powers.); 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). See Alan Watson, Joseph Story and the Comity of Errors 1844 (1992). . <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream Close n;.V' dELj )fXQ/$+BP*QISz Iq]X#8AjR6/%y#HOgELg" [pe8>7y=1S6^n6 S+!]QaMk@7y]OsBBWZ!nU? S3U1`-6`Lj:4U&%# Recently, the Supreme Court has relied on international comity to reinforce limits on personal jurisdiction under the Due Process Clause itself. This suggestion drew a sharp dissent from Justice Kennedy, who noted that judicial independence. 96 Ct. Rev. See Lauritzen v. Larsen, 345 U.S. 571, 582 (1953) (citing considerations of comity in construing Jones Act); N.Y. Section 403 of the Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law adopted Timberlanes interest balancing approach. 150 2012). As the Court restated the rule most recently, governments recognized by the United States and at peace with us are entitled to access to our courts. at 164, 165, 169. Law Inst. See 28 U.S.C. 87 Lower courts are divided on whether 1782 may be used for discovery in international arbitrations. 356 . and (2) it reflects the assumption that Congress is primarily concerned with domestic conditions. endobj . application/pdf w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. The discretion not to recognize foreign rights was captured in the word comity. 1605A. 20 87, 100 (2003) ([T]he Arospatiale decision improperly de-emphasized system values as compared to particular interests raised in individual cases, and. . Close Close, Categorizing the international comity doctrines in this way reveals how each of them fits into a larger picture. . xs B. Close 104 See, e.g., Van Reimsdyk v. Kane, 28 F. Cas. Close See infra Part III (explaining differences between international comity and international law). Close Close Empagran rejected comity as a case-by-case balancing approach, which it said was too complex to prove workable, and instead looked to comity as the basis for more categorical rules about when antitrust law applies abroad. Colo. River Water Conservation Dist. Intl L. 49, 5255 (1937) (discussing reception of Hubers ideas in English law). In each category, deference may take the form of recognition or restraint. Is compulsory sterilization of criminals legal? Id. endobj They consistently cited mutual convenience as the basis for extending comity to foreign laws, subject to the proviso that they do not produce injury to the rights of [the] government or its citizens. at 16364. 188(3). 257 For a discussion of the relationship between customary international law and comity with respect to immunity today, see infra notes 300301 and accompanying text. The Tax Court in Brief - December 26th - December 30th, 2022. . 353 . . 549 F.2d at 613. Resol. Later cases have emphasized separation of powers as the basis for the act of state doctrine. 352 . 88 185 122 or to those not recognized by this country). 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. xs Close, Second, the Executives ability to make case-by-case comity determinations may harm, rather than advance, the foreign relations of the United States. L-36081. 272 See Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Nat. Each began with the assumption that sovereignty was strictly territorial, each made exceptions based on mutual benefit, and each maintained the discretion of the territorial sovereign to deny such exceptions if it so chose. Tectonics Corp., Intl, 493 U.S. 400, 40809 (1990) (The act of state doctrine does not establish an exception for cases and controversies that may embarrass foreign governments. 237, 260 (2010). . is compromised by case-by-case, selective determinations of jurisdiction by the Executive. + + the Executive is in the best position to determine how they should apply. but domestic law is free to go beyond these minimum requirements and extend greater immunity as a matter of comity. But the Ninth Circuit in Mujica, applying its newly minted doctrine of international comity abstention, endstream Close at 60315. answer choices . Close Jan. 1, 1982. Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 102(2) (Am. But when the geographic scope of the Sherman Act again reached the Supreme Court in Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California, the Court refused to consider dismissal on grounds of international comity unless the conduct prohibited by U.S. law was required by foreign law. International comity, on the other hand, does not bind the United States on the international plane or give rise to international responsibility. See id. is a concept with almost as many meanings as sovereignty.). xs Justice demands we videotape all police interrogat G. R. No. .). See supra notes 7491 and accompanying text (discussing Huber and Story). 265 Close [t]o declare war. 176 No. de C.V., 701 F.3d 1031, 1053 (5th Cir. H Professor of Law, University of California, Davis, School of Law. 1782 (2012), U.S. courts may recognize foreign proceedings by providing judicial assistance with discovery, but courts will exercise restraint when discovery might in fact hinder the foreign proceeding. 1987) ([T]here are no agreed principles governing recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, except that no state recognizes or enforces the judgment of another state rendered without jurisdiction over the judgment debtor.). The rule is founded upon public convenience, and the comity of nations.). Bradley, supra note 66, at 666. 120 376 All the international comity doctrines discussed in this Article are exercised by courts. (C 4) 2, 23; see also Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, annex I, 2007 O.J. As a Principle of Restraint. Wash. L. Rev. and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. 460, 487 (N.Y. 1820) (Kent, J.) 57 52 0 obj endstream A. I only. Aspects of taxation Levy - deals with the provisions of law which determines: - The person or property to be taxed - The sum or sums to be raised - The rate of the tax - The time and manner of levying, receiving and collection the tax. (n.s.) v. GE Med. w3TPI2T0 BC#=3\. In some areas, the connection between recognition and restraint is very close. UUsL}b%t Close See, e.g., Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel, 553 U.S. 851, 866 (2008) (Giving full effect to sovereign immunity promotes the comity interests that have contributed to the development of the immunity doctrine.); Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson, 538 U.S. 468, 479 (2003) (Foreign sovereign immunity . 519, 589 (1839); see also The Sapphire, 78 U.S. (11 Wall.) . See 28 U.S.C. 1081, 1103 (2015); see also Michael D. Ramsey, Escaping International Comity, 83 Iowa L. Rev. Close Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co., 213 U.S. 347, 356 (1909); see also F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., 542 U.S. 155, 164 (2004) (relying on prescriptive comity to avoid unreasonable interference with the sovereign authority of other nations); Hartford Fire Ins. 169 136 Close 203 175 On the other hand, the President clearly has constitutional authority to determine particular factslike recognition of a foreign governmenton which some comity doctrines turn. 91 33 Apr 18, 1941 (71 Phil. L. Rev. 413 Play this game to review Other. 94 ,.. 1. No. No. First, it bolstered the use of comity as a principle of restraint. 189 nor of mere courtesy and good will, . The second has been strongly advanced by Posner and Sunstein in recent scholarship. 154 .Some authorities include double taxation. . For example, many of the doctrines of adjudicative comity address the same basic question: When should a U.S. court defer to a foreign courts resolution of a legal dispute? 67 105 <>stream 175 U.S. 677, 694 (1900); see also Crawford, supra note 24, at 24 ([P]articular rules of comity, maintained consistently without reservation, may develop into rules of customary law.). Rules for the immunities of diplomatic agents and consuls are set forth in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 2005 Uniform Act, supra note 106, 4(c)(3); see also 1962 Uniform Act, supra note 106, 4(b)(3) (noting foreign judgment need not be recognized if cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state). The Supreme Court did not expressly hold that the common law governing immunity was federal common law, but that is how the opinion has been read. See Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States 401(a) (noting prescriptive jurisdiction may be exercised by legislation, by executive act or order, by administrative rule or regulation, or by determination of a court). 306 Initiative, 456 F.3d 363, 393 (3d Cir. This timely book explores a critical new juncture where globalisation is in retreat and global norms of behaviour are not converging. the rules for recognizing foreign judgments were considered rules of general common law. endstream See infra section II.B (describing adjudicative comity). endstream xs Law Inst. each of which allows a district court to stay or dismiss a case over which it has personal jurisdiction. x+ | 164, 167 (1870) (recognizing privilege of bringing suit on basis of comity); The Santissima Trinidad, 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) Two assertions about international comity stand out: (1) that comity must be governed by standards rather than rules; and (2) that comity determinations are best left to the executive branch. ,.. 43 0 obj endstream 237 xs Choong Yong, 837 F.2d 33, 37 (2d Cir. Yet Story also thought that the territorial sovereign could trump other considerations and refuse to enforce foreign law: No nation can. For Story, there was no separate category called the comity of courts. All comity was the comity of nations, and all of it was exercised by courts. 10 w3TPI2T0 BC#=C3\. The Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws adopts a most significant relationship standard, Thus, the effect not just of an executive order or legislative act but also of a judicial decree depends upon what our greatest jurists have been content to call the comity of nations. 2. subject matter of the tax 6. place of exercise, business or occupation being taxed. <>stream The President has never used this authority. Close, The FSIA did not codify the immunities of foreign officials. The literature is voluminous. 767.041 Full faith and credit; comity. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 47>>stream L. Rev. See supra notes 257258 and accompanying text (discussing Ninth Circuits decision in Mujica). Close In Ungaro-Benages v. Dresdner Bank AG, the Eleventh Circuit went further and upheld abstention on international comity grounds, despite the absence of parallel foreign proceedings, to support a foundation established by the United States and Germany to hear claims brought by victims of the Nazi regime. Law Inst., Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Analysis and Proposed Federal Statute 7(a) (2006) (A foreign judgment shall not be recognized or enforced in a court in the United States if the court finds that comparable judgments of the courts in the United States would not be recognized or enforced in the courts of the state of origin.); see also John F. Coyle, Rethinking Judgments Reciprocity, 92 N.C. L. Rev. 2007). Recent scholarship suggests that the Supreme Court as a whole has become more skeptical of deference to the executive branch in foreign relations cases. Strikingly, the convenience rationale was adapted even to the seemly public doctrine of foreign sovereign immunity, which, the Court noted, stands upon principles of public comity and convenience. (Collector v. Goodrich International (b) In case of property held in trust . probing study of the dynamic relationship between English royalty and American democracy. Allowing the Executive to tell courts which cases to dismiss does not. 1782(a) (2012). 404 410 The reasons for this are the ordinary reasons for Chevron deferencethat an ambiguous statute should generally be read as a delegation of interpretative authority to an agency that administers it and that administrative agencies have special expertise with respect to statutory goals and how best to achieve them. G.R. 233 But such references to the public interest in fostering friendly relations were rare during the nineteenth century, when the dominant rationale for comity was convenience, mostly conceived in terms of private interests. endstream 46 See Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, ch. See Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. 4 222 In his 1834 treatise on conflicts, Story endorsed the view that comity is, and ever must be uncertain and must necessarily depend on a variety of circumstances, which cannot be reduced to [sic] any certain rule. Leather Co., 246 U.S. 297, 30304 (1918))). Close The request for discovery may be made by the tribunal itself or by any interested person. Id. 82 See, e.g., Gucci Am., Inc. v. Weixing Li, 768 F.3d 122, 138 (2d Cir. The question, the Ninth Circuit wrote in Timberlane, was whether American authority should be asserted in a given case as a matter of international comity and fairness. 182 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. In the ATS context, an exhaustion requirement might be justified as an exercise of the federal courts authority to shape the federal common law cause of action. 3 0 obj . 300 246 U.S. 297, 30304 (1918). International laws move away from strict territorial sovereignty in the early twentieth century strongly influenced the evolution of international comity in American courts. 52 1080, 1102 (1995) (In enforcing the antitrust laws, the Agencies consider international comity.); see also The Paquete Habana, 175 U.S. 677, 69394 (1900) (characterizing Executives decision not to seize coastal fishing vessels as prizes of war, prior to its evolution into rule of customary international law, as exercise of comity); United States v. Rauscher, 119 U.S. 407, 41112 (1886) (noting decision to deliver fugitive to foreign government in absence of extradition treaty was act of comity). endobj Statutory prescription bearing on (a) Export Processing Zone Authority (b) BOI Registered industries (c) Multi-national corporations 75 Am. 398 347 174 xs See Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 50712 (1947) (recognizing authority of district court to dismiss on grounds of forum non conveniens). Robinson v. Bland (1760) 96 Eng. Close s~)4^ hu_ Bank Ltd., 130 S. Ct. 2869, 2877 (2010) (applying presumption against extraterritoriality to legislation of Congress). 16 0 obj 34 As a principle of recognition, prescriptive comity operates in American law today through state-law rules on the conflict of laws, the federal act of state doctrine, and the practice of some courts to recognize extraterritorial acts of state on the basis of comity. 348 See Curtis A. Bradley & Mitu Gulati, Withdrawing from International Custom, 120 Yale L.J. Close 279 159 Id. 8 1170, 1177 (2007) ([T]here are strong reasons, rooted in constitutional understandings and institutional competence, to allow the executive branch to resolve issues of international comity. 296 284 endobj 339 Oil Co., 499 U.S. 244, 248 (1991) (citing McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional de Marineros de Honduras, 372 U.S. 10, 2022 (1963)). 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. 94-1487, at 7 (1976), reprinted in 1976 U.S.C.C.A.N. 376 The banks within the City of Manila objected for the various reasons given below. 40 For an excellent review of possible solutions, see id. 129 What violates the right to speedy disposition of c SC fines MTC judge 2K for violating family busines SC: Acquit drug suspect if friends released w/o ex RA 6552 protects innocent, low-income real estate 4 reasons to distinguish TAX from LICENSE FEE, G.R. 2009) (Dismissal of a suit on international comity grounds may sometimes be appropriate. 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.). Intl L.J. endobj 8 166 Although an early Supreme Court case applying the doctrine in admiralty had referred to motives of convenience or international comity, Story, supra note 54, 18, at 25. 28 1827) (Porter, J.)) Huber wrote that nothing could be more inconvenient to commerce and to international usage than that transactions valid by the law of one place should be rendered of no effect elsewhere on account of a difference in the law. at 5464 (providing contract theory analysis); see also id. . 36 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. and the President. 20, at 26. <>>>/BBox[0 0 377.76 588]/Length 46>>stream Close, It is worth noting that the boundaries between international law and international comity may shift over time. Close xs See Banco Nacional de Cuba v. 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