Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hanjin Container Lines, Inc. v. Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance
Hanjin Container Lines, Inc. v. Tokio Marine & Fire Ins., 499 U.S. 961 (1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1991-04-15
- Topic
- commercial
How later courts describe this case
- recognizing that the term “action” means “the entirety of a civil proceeding, which necessarily includes any third-party claims”
- foreign sovereign may remove entire suit, not merely third-party claim against sovereign
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Hanjin Container Lines, Inc. v. Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.