Recent Decisions

ADMIRALTY--NON-LIEN MARITIME CLAIM--SALVOR WAIVED SALVAGE LIEN BY SEIZING VESSEL PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF AGREED PAYMENT PERIOD BUT SALVAGE CLAIM COULD BE SATISFIED FROM REMNANTS AND SURPLUS Dennis L. Bryant Lt., US. Coast Guard ============================= COMPTROLLER GENERAL--ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION BINDING ON COMPTROLLER GENERAL IN EXIMBANK CREDIT EXTENSIONS TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES Kurt H. Decker ========================== FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW--ACQUISITION OF CONTROL OF DOMESTIC MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION BY A WHOLLY OWNED FOREIGN GOVERNMENTAL CORPORATION DOES NOT PER SE CREATE AN UNREASONABLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ACQUIRER AND ITS DUTIES TO THE DOMESTIC CORPORATION AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS; NOR IS THE ACQUISITION CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES NOR AGAINST ITS NATIONAL INTEREST Paul S. Parker ========================== IMMIGRATION--ALIENS WHO GAIN ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES BY FALSELY CLAIMING TO BE UNITED STATES CITIZENS, THEREBY AVOIDING INSPECTION AS ALIENS, ARE NOT SAVED FROM DEPORTATION BY SECTION 241(f) OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT Charles M. Jackson ========================== JURISDICTION--FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIPPING--NLRB WITHOUT AUTHORITY OVER LABOR DISPUTES WHEN VIRTUALLY NONE OF THE RESPONSES OF A FOREIGN SHIPOWNER TO THE PICKETING OF HIS VESSEL WOULD BE LIMITED TO A WAGE-COST DECISION BENEFITING AMERICAN WORKINGMEN Daniel A. Green ========================= JURISDICTION--THE MERE FACT THAT A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY DOES BUSINESS WITHIN THE FORUM STATE IS INSUFFICIENT IN ITSELF TO SUBJECT THE FOREIGN PARENT CORPORATION TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE WITHIN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT Douglass H. Mori