Comments on: Vatican as defendant https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/12/vatican-as-defendant/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/12/vatican-as-defendant/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:15:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2901#comment-1748 Foreign sovereign immunity watch

“The US Supreme Court has allowed a lawsuit against the Vatican Bank to go forward, despite arguments that the suit involved foreign-policy issues that are not within the jurisdiction of American federal courts. … The suit, first filed in a…

]]> By: Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/12/vatican-as-defendant/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:28:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2901#comment-1747 Update: “Texas judge dismisses lawsuit against Pope”

Head-of-state immunity comes through for the Pontiff in a case alleging abuse cover-up. See Dec. 14, etc. (Catholic World News, Dec. 22). “The U.S. Department of State issued a suggestion of immunity in May, requesting…

]]> By: James Collins https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/12/vatican-as-defendant/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:40:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2901#comment-1746 If the information in the article about lawyers trying to sue the Vatican over abuse committed by priests is correct, then couldn’t a case be made that a church is in effect an embassy or legation of the Vatican and thus subject to Vatican law?

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