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15 Int'l L. Update 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/intlwup15 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 15 1 January 2009 A monthly report on public and private international legal developments In case of seventeen Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay and not classified as enemy combatants, District of Columbia Circuit reverses grant of habeas corpus because Habeas statute does not grant detainees right to be admitted into United States for release there 0 PAGE 2 Florida Intermediate Court of Appeal reverses refusal of lower court to domesticate foreign money judgment where Defendant failed to challenge sufficiency of process service in Israeli court thus waiving that defense in Florida court under Florida's Foreign Judgment Recognition Act 0- PAGE 3 In matter of first impression, Second Circuit affirms conviction of Bahamian flag vessel's management company, holding (1) that false entries in its oil record book breached requirement of United States' Act to Prevent Pollution on Ships and implementing Federal Regulations (2) United States statute and regulations do not conflict with international conventions against marine pollution 0 PAGE 4 Second Circuit finds that clauses in Argentine offering circulars for government bonds waiving sovereign immunity in Frankfurt and Buenos Aires courts, as well as for enforcement in other courts, also waived immunity under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act thus supporting jurisdiction of U.S. court 0 PAGE 5 In trademark dispute between large United States beverage maker and large Australian beverage maker over use of Barefoot mark on wine, Australian Federal Court of Appeal rules that Australian company did infringe United States companys mark 1 PAGE 7 9o HIGHLIGHTS