De Leon Claim

Abstract

State responsibility — Claims — Nationality of — Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947 (Article 78 (9) (a)) — ‘United Nations nationals’ — Meaning of ‘treated as enemy’ — Whether including persons who suffered merely nominal direct damage — Restrictive interpretation — Whether maxim de minimis non curat lex applicable — Article 78 (4) (a) and (b) of the Peace Treaty — Claim for war damage to property of corporation — Property formerly owned by claimant but transferred to simulated corporation to circumvent anti-semitic legislation — Claimant sole shareholder at date of claim — Whether entitled to compensation — Italian-United States Conciliation Commission.