In Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously that in a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) case against a foreign state raising non-federal claims a court must apply whatever choice-of-law rule the court would use if the foreign state was a private party.
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aring state law claims brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act must apply the forum state’s choice-of-law rules to determine what substantive law governs the claims, or whether it may apply federal common law.
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