S.204 - NOPEC

A bill to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. view all titles (4)

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  • Official: A bill to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. as introduced.
  • Popular: NOPEC as introduced.
  • Short: No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Short: NOPEC as introduced.

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1/12/2009--Introduced.No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2009 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other
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1/12/2009--Introduced.No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2009 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action, to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum), to set or maintain the price of petroleum, or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States. Denies a foreign state engaged in such conduct sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgements of U.S. courts in any action brought to enforce this Act.States that no U.S. court shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this Act.Authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act.Amends the federal judicial code to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in an action brought under this Act.

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12/31/10
Edwards v Kelly and another | 73 Wire

6 M. & S. 204; 105 E.R. 1219. PANEL: Lord Ellenborough C.J., Bayley, Abbott and Holroyd JJ. JUDGMENTBY-1: LORD ELLENBOROUCH C.J: JUDGMENT-1: LORD ELLENBOROUCH C.J: Perhaps this case might be distinguishable from that of Williams v. ...

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12/16/10
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Gerade lese ich ... Gerade lese ich ... S. 204 von 496. Mein Adventskalender. Mein Adventskalender 19. Dez. gelesen. Gerade bearbeite ich ... Gerade bearbeite ich ... Hast du schon Smaragdgrün gelesen? ♥-Blogs. Der Bücherwahnsinn ...

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12/07/10
Historie. Jahrbuch des Zentrums für Historische Forschung Berlin ...

Stefan Dyroff: Tannenberg | Grundwald in den deutschen und polnischen Historiografien sowie Traditionen, S. 204-222. Der Sieg des polnisch-litauischen Heeres über die Armee des Deutschen Ordens bei Tannenberg bzw. ...

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