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60 Tex. Int'l L. J. 151 (2024-2025)
The Conflict between the Flag State Principle and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: How the D.C. Circuit Got It Wrong

handle is hein.journals/tilj60 and id is 161 raw text is: The Conflict Between the Flag State Principle and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: How the D.C. Circuit Got It Wrong EVAN M. LONG-QUIANW TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 152 I. THE FLAG STATE PRINCIPLE AND ITS POSITION IN U. S. LAW ...................................... 153 II. FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, THE FSIA AND ITS EXCEPTIONS.............................. 155 A . E xcep tions to the F SIA ..................................................................................... 156 III. CONFLICT BETWEEN THE FSIA'S CURRENT CONSTRUCTION AND THE FLAG STATE PRINCIPLE AS ILLUSTRATED BY SCHERMERHORN ....................................................... 157 A. The Court's Reasoning in Scherm erhorn ......................................................... 158 B. The Flaws in the Schermerhorn Court's Legal Argument................................ 160 1. The Court's Incorrect Rejection of Cases Supporting the Plaintiff's Position.................................................................................................... 160 2. The Court's Inappropriate Emphasis on Amerada Hess.......................... 160 3. The Court's M isplaced Reliance on Persinger........................................ 161 IV. POLICY PROBLEMS WITH THE COURT'S INTERPRETATION OF THE FSIA IN SCHERMERHORN ......................................................................................................... 162 A. Solutions to the Jurisdictional Gap Left by Schermerhorn............................... 162 CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................... 163 151 ? University of Texas School of Law, J. D. expected May 2025, University of Texas Law School Chancellor, University of Houston, B.S. 2017. Thank you to Professors Bradley Jackson and Michael Sturley for helping me to grow in my writing ability & encouraging me to explore the unique and fascinating area that is Admiralty Law. Thank you to the editorial staff at TILJ.