extraterritorial jurisdiction in texas

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638 documents for extraterritorial jurisdiction in texas

- America?s Longest Held Prisoner of War: Lessons Learned from the Capture, Prosecution, and Extradition of General Manuel Noriega
- Louisiana Law Review
- Nbr. 71-4, July 2011
- Basic functions and principles of international environmental law in the context of managing water resources.
...Limited extraterritorial application of national regulatory law is also not... ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other State...677 (1900). . (88.) Medellin v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008). . (89.) See, e.g., James A.R...
- Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
- Vol. 39 Nbr. 3, June 2011
- Marshall v. Marshall, 547 U. S. (2006)
... limitations on federal-court jurisdiction otherwise properly exercised are the so-called "do...While the estate was subject to ongoing Texas Probate Court proceedings, Vickie filed for bankru... and cannot be defeated by the extraterritorial operation of a [state] statute . . . , even though...
- U.S. Supreme Court

- Section 1: Full Faith and Credit
... which the courts of one country, or "jurisdiction," will ordinarily, in the absence of a local polic... to alter the marital status with extraterritorial effect." . Three years later, but on this occasio... Also, in an action in a federal court in Texas to collect the amount of a life insurance policy w...
- Constitution of the United States (Annotated)
- SAREI V. RIO TINTO, PLC, (9th Cir. 2011)
... "district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, c... all of these claims arise extraterritorially, are claims against corporations, or constitute cl...Texas, 552 U.S. 491, 513 n.9 (2008) (quoting Breard v. G...
- Federal Circuits
- EEOC v. Arabian American Oil Co., 499 U.S. 244 (1991)
... ruled that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Title VII's protections do not extend to U... Title VII does not apply extraterritorially to regulate the employment practices of United Sta..., and it is licensed to do business in Texas. ASC's principal place of business is Houston, Tex...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- DOL Confirms SOX Whistleblower Protections Do Not Apply Extraterritorially
... company's indirect affiliate in Houston, Texas. The affiliate, Core Laboratories N.R. ("Core Labs... Act provides federal district courts jurisdiction over proceedings brought or instituted by the Secu...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- United States Law Articles in English
- On the water's edge? A comparative study of the influence of international law and the extraterritorial reach of domestic laws in the war on terror jurisprudence.
... the state of the law in each jurisdiction. Part I discusses the leading U.S. case law, with ...Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008) (finding unenforceable a judg...
- Georgetown Journal of International Law
- Vol. 41 Nbr. 2, January 2010
- The Territorial Avoidance Power of the Bankruptcy Code
As international insolvencies become more frequent, the legal issues underlying these insolvencies grow commensurately more important. Among the many legal questions that arise in an international bankruptcy, the authority of a bankruptcy court to adjudicate rights to foreign-based assets remains one of the most fundamental and least resolved. Yet, the law lacks clarity in this area because the Bankruptcy Code (Code) does not explicitly define its extraterritorial power. Consequently, recent court interpretations have yielded a split in authority. This split in authority centers on whether the avoidance sections of the Code empower the trustee to avoid transfers of property located in foreign jurisdictions. This split arises because of differing views on the strength and substance of tw...

....101 By simply transferring money to a Texas bank account, Yukos qualified as a debtor under §...
- Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
- Vol. 24 Nbr. 2, July 2008
- Holt Civic Club v. Tuscaloosa, 439 U.S. 60 (1978)
... the constitutionality of "police jurisdiction" statutes that extend municipal police, sanitary, ... which Alabama cities exercise extraterritorial powers. Moody v. Flowers, 387 U.S. 97 , distingui..., (1975) (invalidating provision of the Texas Constitution restricting franchise on general obli...
- U.S. Supreme Court