Recent Decisions

Admiralty--Requirement of Minimum Contacts for Jurisdiction to Attach Property of Nonresident Defendant is not Applicable to Maritime Attachment Aubrey W. Bogle, III ================== Buy American Statutes--New Jersey--Constitutionality of Buy American Statute Upheld by State Supreme Court Edward H. Lueckenhoff ================= Citizenship--The Fourteenth Amendment requires Proof by Clear, Convincing, and Unequivocal Evidence that Relinquishment of United States Citizenship is Voluntary Clark C. Siewert ================= Extradition--Double Jeopardy Provision of Extradition Treaty Applies even Where Crime Committed before Ratification Michael P. Peck =================== Sovereign Immunity--Service of Process in the United States on a Permanent Mission to the United Nations must Conform to the Specific Requirements of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Joe Bernard Folt