O’connell Machinery Co v. MV Americana and Italia Di Navigazione, SPA

Abstract

State immunity — Attachment and execution Prejudgment attachment — Attachment to obtain jurisdiction — State corporation — Shipping line — Whether State entity — Whether entitled to immunity — Waiver — United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Italy-United States Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, 1965 — The law of the United States