Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino

Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 22–23, 1963
Decided March 23, 1964
Full case nameBanco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, Receiver, et al.
Citations376 U.S. 398 (more)
84 S. Ct. 923; 11 L. Ed. 2d 804; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 2252
Case history
PriorComplaint dismissed, 193 F. Supp. 375 (S.D.N.Y. 1961); affirmed, 307 F.2d 845 (2d Cir. 1962); cert. granted, 372 U.S. 905 (1963).
Holding
The Court determined that the policy of United States federal courts would be to honor the act of state doctrine, which dictates that the propriety of decisions of other countries relating to their internal affairs would not be questioned in the courts of the United States.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
MajorityHarlan, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Clark, Brennan, Stewart, Goldberg
DissentWhite
Laws applied
Act of State Doctrine; U.S. Const.
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Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court case that determined that the policy of United States federal courts would be to honor the Act of State Doctrine, which dictates that the propriety of decisions of other countries relating to their internal affairs would not be questioned in the courts of the United States.[1]

  1. ^ Falk, Richard A. (1964). "The Complexity of Sabbatino". American Journal of International Law. 58 (4): 935–951. doi:10.2307/2196036. ISSN 0002-9300.