International Comity

U.S. courts' degree of deference to a foreign government's interpretation of its own domestic laws

1. Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co.

2. Jurisdiction: United States (June 14, 2018)
3. VictimsNoneDefendantsHebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co.PlaintiffsAnimal Science Products, Inc.InvestigatorsNoneProsecutorsNoneDefense AttorneysCarter G. PhillipsPlaintiff AttorneysDavid C. FrederickJudgesRuth Bader GinsburgInstitutionsSupreme Court of the United StatesU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitMinistry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
4. Case Tags: Antitrust Law;Foreign Sovereign Compulsion;International Comity;Supreme Court Decision

1. Republic of Hungary v. Simon

2. Jurisdiction: United States (February 3, 2021)
3. Original Case: Republic of Hungary, et al., Petitioners v. Rosalie Simon, et al.
4. Victims<![CDATA[Rosalie Simon]]><![CDATA[Hungarian Holocaust survivors and their heirs]]>Defendants<![CDATA[Republic of Hungary]]><![CDATA[Magyar Államvasutak Zrt. (MÁV)]]>Plaintiffs<![CDATA[Rosalie Simon]]>Investigators<![CDATA[无]]>Prosecutors<![CDATA[无]]>Defense Attorneys<![CDATA[Gregory Silbert]]><![CDATA[Benjamin W. Snyder]]>Plaintiff Attorneys<![CDATA[Sarah E. Harrington]]>Judges<![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor]]><![CDATA[John Roberts]]><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Samuel Alito]]><![CDATA[Elena Kagan]]><![CDATA[Neil Gorsuch]]><![CDATA[Brett Kavanaugh]]><![CDATA[Amy Coney Barrett]]>Institutions<![CDATA[Supreme Court of the United States]]><![CDATA[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]]><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Justice]]>
5. Case Tags: Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act;Holocaust restitution;Sovereign immunity;International comity