Sugar Company, a U

question 22

Multiple Choice

Sugar Company, a U.S. firm, owns property in Trinidad and Tobago. When the foreign government seizes the property, the company asks a U.S. court to order the property's return. The court rules that the Trinidad and Tobago is exempt from the court's jurisdiction. This is an application of

• A)a coercive action.
• B)the act of state doctrine.
• C)the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
• D)the principle of comity.