Supreme Court of the United States, 2002

Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson

Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 28, 2002
536 U.S. 956 (United States Reports)

Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari granted limited to the *957following questions: “1. Whether a corporation is an ‘agency or instrumentality’ if a foreign state owns a majority of the shares of a corporate enterprise that in turn owns a majority of the shares of the corporation. 2. Whether a corporation is an ‘agency or instrumentality’ if a foreign state owned a majority of the shares of the corporation at the time of the events giving rise to litigation, but the foreign state does not own a majority of those shares at the time that a plaintiff commences a suit against the corporation.” Cases consolidated, and a total of one hour allotted for oral argument.

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