The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
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Case summary:The people G and M, residents of the U.S., filed a suit against the government of Bolivia in the federal district court. They claimed that the government of Bolivia did not pay the required amount to their ancestor in exchange for the land taken by it.
To find: The court’s jurisdiction in this case.
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