Practice question
A suit challenges only a foreign private company’s unpaid ordinary supply contract. No official sovereign act needs to be pronounced invalid. Is foreign nationality alone enough to invoke act of state?
- No, foreign nationality alone does not establish an official sovereign act requiring judicial restraint
- Yes, every foreign company is a sovereign
- Yes, every foreign contract is a decree
- Yes, all private commerce abroad is nonjusticiable
- Yes, but only if the contract is written in English
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/aug2007/gr_124772_2007.html — PCGG v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 124772, August 14, 2007, main opinion
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