Cases

 PLS 317 International Law
 Spring 2007
 Cases to Brief

Follow the outline of a case brief---another WWW page.  In addition, add a final section to include any comments you might have.  Where do I find the case?  In addition to the original source you will find the case in digests and case collections.

  Case Collections:  
         W. Bishop, Jr. International Law: Cases and Materials
       *H. Briggs, The Law of Nations: Cases (JX68,B7,1952)
        Deak, American International Law Cases (Ref JX238,A2,D4)
      *E. Dickinson, The Law of Nations (JX68,D52,1929)
        D. Harris, Cases and Materials on International Law
      *L. Henkin, et al, International Law Cases and Materials (JX68,I498,1987)
       Oliver, Cases and Materials on the International Legal System
      *J. Sweeney, C. Oliver & N. Leech, Cases and Materials on the International Legal System
                 (JX68,S88,1988)
        Sohn, Cases in United Nations Law (Ref JX1977,S64)
        Sohn, Cases and Other Materials on World Law (JX68,S6)
        Hudson, World Court, 1921-1938 (JX1971.5,H76)
        Permanent Court of Int’l Justice, World Court Reports, Vol 2 1927-32, Vol 4 1936-42 (JX1971.5, A63)

  Digests:
    M. Whiteman, Digest of International Law (Ref JX237,W55)
    Rudolf Bernhardt, et al, Digest of the Decisions of the International Court of Justice, 1976-1985
    Rudolf Bernhardt, et al, Digest of the Decisions of the International Court of Justice, 1959-1975

  Records
    For US Supreme Court see United States Reports KF8748,R422 or the WWW site
    For ICJ see
     *UN Publications, ICJ Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders, Vol 1981-1992
            JX1971.6 .A244 Year
     *UN, Summaries of judgments, advisory opinions, and orders of the ICJ, 1948-1991
           Ovsize.JX1991.A261992

  WWW Sites
      http://www.pict-pcti.org/index.html  Cases on line by international court (select court and then cases from left menu)
      http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idecisions.htm International Court of Justice Cases and Opinions
      http://www.worldcourts.com/pcij/eng/pcij-decisions.htm Permanent Court of International Justice
      http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/      US Supreme Court cases 1990 to present
      http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm     US Supreme Court cases 1937 to 1975
      http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html Best overall source for US Supreme Court cases
      http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.php  Cornell Archive of Supreme Court Cases

I  Nature and Historical Development of International Law
   A. What is it and is it law

  B. Sources of Law

  C. Historical Origins

  1.  Free Zones of Upper Savoy & the District of Gex Case, PCIJ, 1932 Also Also
  2.  New Jersey v. Delaware, US Supreme Court, 1934.   
  3.  US v. The Schooner La Jeune Eugenie, Raband & Labatut, Claimants US Court of Appeals, 1st Cir, 1822              

II  Subjects of International Law: States and Organizations
   A. International Law and Municipal Law

  1. Certain German Interests in Polish Upper Silesia, PCIJ, 1925
  2. Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, Advisory Opinion, PCIJ, 1930, Ser B. No. 10
  3. Massachusetts Burma Law Case.\Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council,
     Supreme Court of the United States, 530 U.S. 363, 120 Sct. 2288, 147 L.Ed. 352 (2000)     Text WWW Site
  4. COMMITTEE OF US CITIZENS LIVING in NICARAGUA, United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 859 Fed. Rptr.2d 929 (1988) Text WWW Site 

  B. States and Governments

  1. Case Concerning Phosphate Lands in Nauru (Nauru v Australia) ICJ 1992  
  2. Bank of China v. Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co, US District Court, N.D. Calif, 1952 Also Also
  3. German Settlers in Poland, PCIJ, 1923, Ser B, No. 6        

  C. Rights

  1. Republic of Iraq v. First National City Bank, Administrator, US District Court, SDNY, 1965  
  2. Isbrandtsen Tankers, Inc. v. President of India, US Court of Appeals, 2nd Cir, 1971 
  3. Yessenin-Volpin v. Novosti Press Agency, et al, US District Court, SDNY, 1978
  4. Saudi Arabia, et al, v. Nelson, US Supreme Court, 1992  Text WWW Site 
  5. Republic of Argentina, et al, v. Weltover, Inc. et al 504 US Supreme Court 607, 1992  
  6.  Mohamed Salem El-Hadad,  v. United Arab Emirates and The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, US DC Court of Appeals, 2000.
  7. JUDGMENT OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, REGINA v. BARTLE AND THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE FOR THE METROPOLIS AND OTHERS EX PARTE  PINOCHET On 24 March 1999 Text WWW Site 

  D. Duties

  1. Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France), Reports, ICJ, 1973    
  2. NICARAGUA v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ICJ, 1986  
  3. Corfu Channel, ICJ, 1949 
  4. Rainbow Warrior Arbitration, Arbitration Tribunal, 1987

   E. Organizations

  1. Sei Fujii v. State of California, Supreme Court of Calif., 1952  Also
  2. Broadbent v. Organization of American States, US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 628 Fed Rptr. 2d 27 (1980)  Also
    Potential Substitute for Broadbent  Janet E. Atkinson, v. The Inter-American Development Bank, et al., US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1998.
  3. Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion, International Court of Justice, (1949) International Court of Justice Reports 174 
  4. Mendaro v. World Bank, US Court of Appeals, D.C. Cir., September 27, 1983

  F. International Tribunals and Courts

  1. Case Concerning Border & Transborder Armed Actions (Nicaragua v. Honduras) ICJ, 1988  
  2. Case Concerning the Aerial Incident of 27 July, 1955 (Israel vs Bulgaria) ICJ, 1959.  
  3. PROSECUTOR v. DUSKO TADIC a/k/a/ "DULE" .International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Former Yugoslavia since 1991.Case No. IT-94-1-T, 7 May 1997  Text WWW Site 

III Subjects of International Law: The Individual
  A.  Individual and Human Rights

  1. K.-H.W. V. Germany, European Court of Human Rights, (Application no 37201/97) 2001 
  2. Velasquez Rodriguez v. HONDURAS, Inter-American Court of Human Rights Judgment of July 29, 1988, Series C No. 1 Text WWW Site
  3. Sosa v. Alvarex-Machain, US Supreme Court, 2004.  Also Also

  B.  Nationality and Jurisdiction

  1. Trop v. Dulles, US Supreme Court, 1958   
  2. Afroyim v. Rusk, US Supreme Court, 1967  
  3. Rex v. Neumann, Union of South Africa, Special Criminal Court, Transvaal, 1946
  4. US v. Rocha, US Court of Appeals, 2nd Cir, 1961  
  5. EEOC v. Arabian American Oil, US Supreme Court, 1991 
  6. Sale v. Haitian Ctrs. Council, US Supreme Court, 1993   
  7. Ahlstrom Oy and Others v. EC Commission, Court of Justice of the European Communities, 1988 Case No. 89/85, Euro. Court Rep. 5193, 4 Common Mkt. L. Rep. 901

   C. Treatment of Aliens

  1. Texaco Overseas Petroleum Company/California Asiatic Oil Company v. Government of Libyan Arab Republic, International Arbitration Tribunal, 1977  Also
  2. Case Concerning Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (Elsi) (USA v Italy) ICJ 1989. 
  3. Nottebohm Case (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) International Court of Justice (1955) International Court of Justice Reports 4 
  4. Barcelona Traction, Light, and Power Co. International Court of Justice, 1970, International Court of Justice Reports (Second Phase) 3 (1970)   
  5. The S.S. Lotus (France v. Turkey) Permanent Court of International Justice, Permanent Court of International Justice Reports, Series A, No. 10 (1927)

  D. Extradition

  1. Charlton v. Kelly, US Supreme Court, 1913 .   
  2. Rivard v. US, US Court of Appeals, 5th Cir, 1967  
  3. US vs Humberto Alvarez-Machian, 504 US 655 (1992)   

  E. International Criminal Law

  1. Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,       (Bosnia-Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia) ICJ, 1996 
  2. Piracy Jure Gentium, Great Britain, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1934 

IV  Territorial Questions
  A. Territory

  1. US v. Ray, US District Court, SD Florida, 1969    
  2. Minquiers & Ecrehos Case (France-United Kingdom), ICJ, 1953 
  3. Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. Abandoned Sailing Vessel, US District Court, SD Florida, 1976.   See Also  And
  4. Eastern Greenland Case (Denmark-Norway) PCIJ, 1933, Ser A/B No 53 

  B. National Air and Outer Space

  1. Chumney v. Nixon, US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1980  

   C. Law of the Sea

  1. Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (United Kingdom v. Iceland), (Merits), ICJ Reports, 1974
  2. Case Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area (Canada v. United States of America) ICJ, 1984  
  3. Case Concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriyal) ICJ 1985  
  4. North Sea Continental Shelf Case, ICJ 1969 
  5. Camouco Case (Panama v. France), ITLOS, 2000  Text WWW Site

V   Peaceful Transactions
A. Diplomats

  1. Case Concerning United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran, ICJ, 1980 

  2. US National v. German National, High Court of Justice -- Family Division, Royal Courts of Justice, 1997.   

  3. Case Concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America) Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures: Order, International Court of Justice, 1998.  

  4. Asylum Case: Colombia v. Peru, International Court of Justice, 1950 International Court of Justice Reports 266 (1950) 

   B. Agreements

  1. Asakura v. City of Seattle, US Supreme Court, 1924   
  2. Dole v. Carter, US Court of Appeals, 10th Cir, 1977   
  3. Sei Fujii v. State of California, Supreme Court of California, 38 Cal. 2d. 718,242 P.d 617 (1952)
   C. Economic

VI International Environmental Law

  1. Trail Smelter, Am Journal of Int'l Law, 1941.  Also
  2. Case Concerning the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v. Slovakia) International Court of Justice, General List No. 92 (Judgment of 25 September 1997)  Text WWW Site 
  3. Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, International Court of Justice, General List No. 95 (Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996) [Focus on environmental principles the court announces]   

VII  Armed Conflict
  A. Laws of War

  1. Bennion v. New York Life Insurance Co., US Court of Appeals, 10th Cir, 1946  
  2. Broussard v. Patton, US Court of Appeals, 9th Cir, 1972 reported in 67 American Journal of International Law 345 (1973).
  3. Padilla V. Bush US District Court, Southern District of New York, 2002 
  4. The Appam or Berg vs British & African Steam Nav Co., US Supreme Court 124, 1917  

   B.  War Crimes

  1. In Re Yamashita, US Supreme Court, 1946  
  2. US v. Calley, US Court of Military Appeals, 1973   Text WWW Site 
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