Cases

 PLS 317 International Law
 Spring 2009
 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 courts (select a court and then cases from left menu)
      Cases | International Court of Justice International Court of Justice Cases and Opinions
      http://www.worldcourts.com/pcij/eng/pcij-decisions.htm Permanent Court of International Justice
      http://www.law.cornell.edu/  Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute -- See Index of cases in left frame
      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
     LII: Supreme Court Collection Home  Cornell Archive of Supreme Court Cases

If you want to find relevant articles on your case search the JSTOR 

Pay particular attention to articles in the American Journal of International Law.

I  Nature and Historical Development of International Law
Note: on PCIJ and ICJ cases there are multiple files.  Sometimes the only issue is the jurisdiction of the court.  In others this is one of the issues.  Focus on the judgments on the merits of the case -- usually the last decision published.
  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 PCIJ Index
  2.  New Jersey v. Delaware, US Supreme Court, 1934.   Jones
  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  PCIJ Index
  2. Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, Advisory Opinion, PCIJ, 1925, Ser B. No. 10  PCIJ Index
  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 Jones Class Presentation
  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     PCIJ Index   Beltrame  Class Presentation

  C. Rights

  1. Republic of Iraq v. First National City Bank, Administrator, US District Court, SDNY, 1965   Murphy  Class Presentation
  2. Isbrandtsen Tankers, Inc. v. President of India, US Court of Appeals, 2nd Cir, 1971  Young
  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.  Fezouati 
  7. Judgement of the House of Lords, Regnia 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  ICJ Index  Boyer  Class Presentation
  2. NICARAGUA v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ICJ, 1984   ICJ Index  Hidden
  3. Corfu Channel, ICJ, 1949   ICJ Index
  4. Rainbow Warrior Arbitration, Arbitration Tribunal, 1987 Also  Sievers  Class Presentation

   E. Organizations

  1. Sei Fujii v. State of California, Supreme Court of Calif., 1952  Also
  2. 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  ICJ Index  Tsheko  Class Presentation
  4. Mendaro v. World Bank, US Court of Appeals, D.C. Cir., September 27, 1983  Campbell

  F. International Tribunals and Courts

  1. Case Concerning Border & Transborder Armed Actions (Nicaragua v. Honduras) ICJ, 1988   ICJ Index  Brands  Class Presentation
  2. Case Concerning the Aerial Incident of 27 July, 1955 (Israel v. Bulgaria) ICJ, 1959.    ICJ Index  Kehoe
  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 Sievers
  2. Velasquez Rodriguez v. HONDURAS, Inter-American Court of Human Rights Judgment of July 29, 1988, Series C No. 1 Text WWW Site  Kruse
  3. Sosa v. Alvarex-Machain, US Supreme Court, 2004.  Also Also  Kehoe  Class Presentation

  B.  Nationality and Jurisdiction

  1. Trop v. Dulles, US Supreme Court, 1958   Escue  Class Presentation
  2. Afroyim v. Rusk, US Supreme Court, 1967  Escue
  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 Muir  Class Presentation
  6. Sale v. Haitian Ctrs. Council, US Supreme Court, 1993   Brite
  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 Ali

   C. Treatment of Aliens

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

  D. Extradition

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

  E. International Criminal Law

  1. Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,  (Bosnia-Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) ICJ, 1996-2007    ICJ Index  Tsheko
  2. Piracy Jure Gentium, Great Britain, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1934 Young  Class Presentation

IV  Territorial Questions
  A. Territory

  1. US v. Ray, US District Court, SD Florida, 1969 1970    
  2. Minquiers & Ecrehos Case (France-United Kingdom), ICJ, 1953  ICJ Index
  3. Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. Abandoned Sailing Vessel, US District Court, SD Florida, 1976.   See Also  And Paha  Class Presentation
  4. Eastern Greenland Case (Denmark-Norway) PCIJ, 1933, Ser A/B No 53 PCIJ Index Brands 

  B. National Air and Outer Space

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

   C. Law of the Sea

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

V   Peaceful Transactions
A. Diplomats

  1. Case Concerning United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran, ICJ, 1980 ICJ Index  Ali  Class Presentation

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

  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.   ICJ Index Sperry

  4. Asylum Case: Colombia v. Peru, International Court of Justice, 1950 International Court of Justice Reports 266 (1950)   ICJ Index  Courtright  Class Presentation

   B. Agreements

  1. Asakura v. City of Seattle, US Supreme Court, 1924   
  2. Dole v. Carter, US Court of Appeals, 10th Cir, 1977    Signer  Class Presentation
  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  Brite  Class Presentation
  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  ICJ Index  Sperry  Class Presentation
  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]   ICJ Index  Boyer

VII  Armed Conflict
  A. Laws of War

  1. Bennion v. New York Life Insurance Co., US Court of Appeals, 10th Cir, 1946   Hidden  Class Presentation
  2. Broussard v. Patton, US Court of Appeals, 9th Cir, 1972 reported in 67 American Journal of International Law 345 (1973). Signer
  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   Korkjohn

   B.  War Crimes

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