Flota Maritima Browning de Cuba, S.A. v. Motor Vessel Ciudad de la Habana, et al.

Abstract

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from and restrictions upon — Public ships and other property of foreign States — Sovereign immunity — Failure of foreign sovereign to raise defence of sovereign immunity at appropriate time — Waiver as consequence — Extension of waiver to execution as well as attachment — Position where United States Executive does not suggest immunity — The law of the United States of America.