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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

Cuba Practice Update -- May 16, 2013

by Matthew Aho, Pedro Freyre, Augusto Maxwell | Akerman Senterfitt on 5/16/2013

Law to Punish Companies with Cuba Ties Struck Down - Last week, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami declared unconstitutional a 2012 Florida law intended to prevent foreign companies with ties to Cuba — or...more

There are Two Nationalities for the Nation of the United States

by Dan Goodman on 5/7/2012

Discover that since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Slaughterhouse Cases, there is a citizen of the United States, who is not a citizen of the several States (united) and a citizen of the several States...more

Yes there is a citizen of a State and a citizen of the United States

by Dan Goodman on 10/26/2011

There is a citizen of the United States, and a citizen of a State who is not a citizen of the United States. Legal authority quoted, cited and linked....more

The United States government does not have the power to make its obligations a legal tender

by Dan Goodman on 9/29/2011

The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Julliard v. Greenman (110 U.S. 421), held that: 1) Congress had the power to make its obligations a legal tender in the payment of private debts, and 2) that this power was...more

Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund Law

by Oserogho & Associates on 9/27/2011

The Nigerian Government has passed into law the Sovereign Investment Authority (Establishment, Etc.) Act 2011 to among other things establish a Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority. This Authority is charged to receive,...more

Citizenship and Domicile: Before and After the Fourteenth Amendment

by Dan Goodman on 4/29/2011

A citizen of a State, under Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution, has a domicile in a particular State. A citizen of the United States, under Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment has only a residence in a...more

What was the holding of the Slaughterhouse Cases?

by Dan Goodman on 4/8/2011

The Slaughterhouse Cases held, one, that citizenship of a State was separate and distinct from citizenship of the United States; that a citizen of a State was separate and distinct from a citizen of the United States. ...more

Shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities IN and OF the several States

by Dan Goodman on 12/25/2010

Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of Constitution was modified by the Fourteenth Amendment, in particular, Section 1, Clause 2. This was determined by the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Slaughterhouse Cases. ...more