Question

Coffee Company, a U.S. firm, owns property in the Dominican Republic. When the Dominican government seizes the property, the company asks a U.S. court to order the property’s return. The court rules that the Dominican Republic 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.

Answer 1

Answer:

Coffee Company a U.S. Firm went to a U.S. Court to order the property that was taken in the Dominican Republic government. This is an application of Sovereign Immunity doctrine. So the correct option will be option "c"

Explanation:

Because the Dominican Republic is not part of U.S territory, the judge cannot decide in that case, it is not in the court's jurisdiction. Sovereign immunity is a legal doctrine that says that a legal state or sovereign cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution.