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Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson

536 U.S. 956 Court SCOTUS Decision date 2002-06-28 Docket No. 01-593; No. 01-594 English

Delivered by Majority

Contents

Majority

p. 956
No. 01-593.
No. 01-594.
Dole Food Co. et al. v. Patrickson et al.; and Dead Sea Bromine Co., Ltd., et al. v. Patrickson et al.

C.

p. 957
following questions: “1. Whether a corporation is an ‘agency or instrumentality’ if a foreign state owns a majority of the shares of a corporate enterprise that in turn owns a majority of the shares of the corporation. 2. Whether a corporation is an ‘agency or instrumentality’ if a foreign state owned a majority of the shares of the corporation at the time of the events giving rise to litigation, but the foreign state does not own a majority of those shares at the time that a plaintiff commences a suit against the corporation.” Cases consolidated, and a total of one hour allotted for oral argument.