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Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol. 51 (2008).

TABLE OF CASES*
INTERNATIONAL
Permanent Court of International JusticeDenunciation of the Treaty of 2 November
1865, between China and Belgium (Chinav. Belgium), Order of 8 January 1927 154
Diversion of Water from the Meuse(Netherlands v. Belgium) (1937) 133
Factory at Chorzów (Indemnities) (Germanyv. Poland) (1927) 158
Mavrommatis Jerusalem Concessions(Greece v. Great Britain) (1924) 141
S. S. Lotus (France v. Turkey) (1927) 49, 96
International Court of JusticeContentious Cases
Aegean Sea Continental Shelf (Greece v.
Turkey) (1978)
Order of 11 September 1976 101, 107,158, 195, 429
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. (United Kingdom v.
Iran), Order of 5 July 1951 154
Application for Revision and Interpretationof the Judgment of 24 February 1982 in
the Case concerning the Continental Shelf(Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (1985)
109, 110
Application of the Convention on thePrevention and Punishment of the Crimeof Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v.
Serbia and Montenegro), Order of 8 April
1993 154
Judgment of 11 July 1996 430
Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989 (GuineaBissau v. Senegal), Order of 2 March 1990
107, 108, 154
Armed Activities on the Territory of theCongo (Democratic Republic of theCongo v. Uganda) (2005) 18, 504
Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic
Republic of Congo v. Belgium) (2002)
431
Certain Criminal Proceedings in France(Republic of Congo v. France) (2008)
431
Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) (1985) 107, 130, 428
Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan ArabJamahiriya) (1982) 100, 106, 107, 134,135, 174, 428*		Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary inthe Gulf of Maine Area (Canada v. UnitedStates of America) (1984) 100, 107, 125
East Timor (Portugal v. Australia) (1995)
429
Fisheries Jurisdiction (United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Northern Ireland v.
Iceland), Order of 17 August 1972
154, 155
Order of 12 July 1973 154
Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Republic ofMali), Order of 10 January 1986 154
Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v.
Slovakia) (1997) 428, 498
Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana v.
Namibia) (1999) 428
LaGrand (Germany v. United States) (2001)
15, 16, 432
Land and Maritime Boundary between
Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v.
Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening)(2002) 107, 157, 429, 430
Order of 15 March 1996 154, 156, 157
Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute(El Salvador v. Honduras: Nicaraguaintervening) (1992) 107
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v.
United States of America; Serbia andMontenegro v. United Kingdom;
Yugoslavia v. Spain; Serbia andMontenegro v. Portugal; Serbia andMontenegro v. Netherlands; Serbia andMontenegro v. Italy; Serbia andMontenegro v. Germany; Serbia andMontenegro v. France; Serbia andMontenegro v. Canada) (1999-2004) 430
Maritime Delimitation and Territorial
Questions between Qatar and Bahrain(Qatar v. Bahrain) (2002) 104, 107, 109,110, 429, 430
Maritime Delimitation in the Area between
Greenland and Jan Mayen (Denmark v.
Norway) (1993) 104, 106, 109, 111, 429
Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea(Romania v. Ukraine) (2009) 107
Military and Paramilitary Activities in andagainst Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. UnitedStates of America) (1986) 429, 431, 503

 able of Cases and Table of Treaties and Other Instruments were compiled by Naoki Iwatsuki,Tomofumi Kitamura,T
Tadashi Mori, Kei Nakajima, Koji Nishimoto,Takuma Obase, Kentaro Wani, and Yurika Yamauchi.

TABLE OF CASES

Order of 10 May 1984 154
North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal
Republic of Germany/Denmark; Federal
Republic of Germany/Netherlands) (1969)
107, 108, 111, 125, 134, 135, 136, 137,171
Northern Cameroons (Cameroon v. UnitedKingdom) (1963) 428
Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala),
Judgment of 6 April 1955 46
Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France;
Australia v. France), Order of 22 June1972 158, 431
Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v.
United States) (2003) 430, 503
Passage through the Great Belt (Finland v.
Denmark), Order of 29 July 1991 157
Questions of Interpretation and Applicationof the 1971 Montreal Convention arisingfrom the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United States ofAmerica), Order of 14 April 1992
157, 430
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa;
Liberia v. South Africa), Judgment of 21
December 1962 141, 428
Sovereignty of Pulau Ligitan and Pulau
Sipadan (Indonesia v. Malaysia), Judgmentof 17 December 2002 428
Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaraguav. Colombia) (2007) 108
Territorial and Maritime Dispute between
Nicaragua and Honduras in the CaribbeanSea (Nicaragua v. Honduras) (2007) 107,110, 133, 135, 136, 137
United States Diplomatic and Consular Staffin Tehran (United States of America v.
Iran), Order of 15 December 1979
154, 429
Advisory Proceedings
Certain Expenses of the United Nations(Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter)(1962) 13
Constitution of the Maritime Safety
Committee of the Inter-Governmental
Maritime Consultative Organization(1960) 47
Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear
Weapons in Armed Conflict (1996) 370
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Camouco Case (Panama v. France), Prompt
Release (2000) 152
Chaisiri Reefer 2 Case (Panama v. Yemen),
Prompt Release (2001) 152

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Conservation and Sustainable Exploitation of
Swordfish Stocks in the South-Eastern
Pacific Ocean (Chile/EuropeanCommunity) (2000) 148, 160, 161
Grand Prince Case (Belize v. France),
Prompt Release (2001) 152
Hoshinmaru Case (Japan v. RussianFederation), Prompt Release (2007)
149, 150, 151, 438
Land Reclamation by Singapore in andaround the Straits of Johor (Malaysia v.
Singapore), Provisional Measures (2003)
155
M/V SAIGA Case (Saint Vincent and theGrenadines v. Guinea), Prompt Release(1997) 148, 150
M/V SAIGA (No. 2) Case (Saint Vincent andthe Grenadines v. Guinea) (1999)
36, 50, 155, 158, 160
Monte Confurco Case (Seychelles v. France),
Prompt Release (2000) 152
MOX Plant Case (Ireland v. UnitedKingdom), Provisional Measures (2001)
155
Southern Bluefin Tuna Cases (New Zealandv. Japan; Australia v. Japan), Provisional
Measures (1999) 141, 155, 158, 200
Tomimaru Case (Japan v. RussianFederation), Prompt Release (2007)
149, 151, 152, 438
Volga Case (Russian Federation v. Australia),
Prompt Release (2002) 152
World Trade Organization
United States - Continued Dumping andSubsidy Offset Act of 2000, Report of thePanel (2002) 457
Report of the Appellate Body (2003) 458
Award of the Arbitrator (2003) 460
Decision by the Arbitrator (2004) 462
European Court of JusticeCartesio Oktató és Szolgáltató bt (Case210/06) (2008) 287
Centros Ltd. v. Erhvervs- og
Selskabsstyrelsen (Case 212/97) (1999)
287
Coreck Maritime GmbH v. Handelsveem BV(Case 387/98) (2000) 301
Criminal proceedings against André
Mazzoleni and Inter Surveillance
Assistance SARL (Case 165/98) (2001)
295
Criminal proceedings against Jean-Claude
Arblade and Arblade & fils SARL (Case369/96) and Criminal proceedings against

752 TABLE OF CASESBernard Leloup, Serge Leloup and Sofrage
SARL (Case 374/96) (1999) 295
Eco Swiss China Time Ltd. v. Benetton
International NV (Case 126/97) (1999)291
Fiona Shevill v. Presse Alliance SA (Case68/93) (1995) 269
Fonderie Officine Meccaniche Tacconi SpAv. Heinrich Wagner Sinto MaschinenfabrikGmbH (Case 334/00) (2002) 281
Hughes de Lasteyrie du Saillant v. Ministèrede l’Économie, des Finances et del’Industrie (Case 9/02) (2004) 287
Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken voor
Amsterdam v. Inspire Art Ltd. (Case167/01) (2003) 287, 288Partenreederei ms Tilly Russ and Ernest Russv. NV Haven- & Vervoerbedrijf Nova andNV Geominne Hout (Case 71/83) (1984)
301
SEVIC Systems (Case 411/03) (2005) 287
Überseering BV v. Nordic Construction
Company Baumanagement GmbH (NCC)(Case 208/00) (2002)

287

European Court of Human Rights
Al-Adsani v. United Kingdom (2001)

497

Permanent Court of Arbitration
Maritime Boundary between Guyana andSuriname (Guyana v. Suriname) (2007)
101, 102, 135, 136, 195
Other Arbitrations
Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between the United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland and theFrench Republic (1977) 108, 110, 134,
135
Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary
between Guinea and Guinea-Bissau (1985)
100, 135
Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary ofSaint-Pierre and Miquelon between
Canada and France (1992) 100

NATIONAL OTHER THAN JAPANAustriaÖsterreichischer Oberster Gerichtshof,
Entscheidung, July 28, 1983 273
China
Judgment of the Intermediate Court ofGuangzhou on May 31, 1991 320
FranceCass. com., May 15, 2001 252
Cass. com., November 25, 2003 253
Cass. 1ère civ., January 23, 2007, Bull. civ.
2007 I n°. 30 253
Germany
BGH
BGH, June 20, 1990 286BGH, Vorlagebeschluß, January 29, 1991
282
BGH, Urteil, February 26, 1991 282
BGH, Beschluß, May 25, 1993 283
BGH, Urteil, April 21, 1998 283
BGH, Urteil, June 26, 2003 (DistomoMassacre Case) 497
BGH, July 9, 2008 294
OLG
OLG Düsseldorf, Urteil, January 26, 1988
283

OLG Koblenz, Urteil, January 16, 1992
253
OLG Frankfurt a.M., Urteil, February 13,
1992 246
OLG Düsseldorf, Urteil, June 4, 1993, 253
OLG Düsseldorf, Urteil, January 14, 1994
283
OLG Düsseldorf, Urteil, May 26, 1995 283
OLG Düsseldorf, Urteil, March 8, 1996 283
OLG Düsseldorf, Urteil, July 11, 1996 253
OLG Frankfurt a.M., Urteil, July 25, 1996283
OLG Hamm, November 5, 1997 253
OLG Dresden, December 15, 2004 257
OLG Dresden, June 11, 2007 294
OLG Karlsruhe, August 24, 2007 257
Italy
Corte Suprema di Cassazione, September 27,
2006 294
Netherlands
Hoge Raad, December 16, 1983
Hoge Raad, May 16, 1997 286

271

United Kingdom
Le Louis (Vice-Admiralty Court, 1817)
Magellan Pirates case (High Court ofAdmiralty, 1853) 8894

TABLE OF CASESRalli Bros. v. Compañia Naviera Sota y Aznar(Court of Appeals, 1920) 294
Boys v. Chaplin (House of Lords, 1971)
278
N.W.L. Ltd. v. Woods (House of Lords,1979) 271
Lord Denning M.R. in Smith Kline & French
Laboratories Ltd. v. Bloch (Court ofAppeal, 1983) 279
Jordan Grand Prix Ltd. v. Baltic InsuranceGroup (House of Lords, 1999) 266
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG v. Five
Star Trading LLC (Court of Appeals, 2001)
286
Ennstone Building Products Ltd. v. Stanger
Ltd. (Court of Appeals, 2002) 251
Carnoustie Universal SA v. ITF (Commercial,2002) 271
Scottish & Newcastle International Ltd. v.
Othon Ghalanos Ltd. (House of Lords,2008) 294

753

United States
Pritchard v. Norton (U.S. Sup Ct, 1882)
301
Loucks v. Standard Oil Co. of New York
(N.Y. 1918) 312
Home Ins. Co. of New York v. Morse (U.S.
Sup Ct, 1987) 301
Wright-Moore Corp. v. Ricoh Corp (7th Cir.,1990) 354
Phillips v. General Motors Corp (Mont.
2000) 309, 310, 312
Bush v. Gore (U.S. Sup Ct, 2000) 5
America Online, Inc. v. Superior Court ofAlameda County (Cal. Ct. App. 2001)
304
X v. United States (U.S. Sup Ct, 2002) 489
Rowe v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. (N.J. 2007).
311
Eli Lilly Do Brasil, Ltda. v. Federal Express
Corp (2d Cir. 2007) 308

JAPAN
Former Supreme Court (Great Court ofJudicature)
Judgment, March 3, 1896 394
Judgment, October 6, 1911 394
Judgment, April 18, 1922 394
Ruling, December 28, 1928 (Matsuyama &Sano v. The Republic of China(Matsuyama case (1928)) 488
Judgment, June 17, 1929 171
Judgment, May 28, 1936 394
Supreme Court
Judgment, January 15, 1948 394
Judgment, April 27, 1962 554
Judgment, April 20, 1978 245
Judgment, September 7, 1978 406
Judgment, October 16, 1981 562
Judgement, October 26, 1983 96
Judgment, June 24, 1996 562
Judgment, November 11, 1997 562
Judgment, July 11, 1997 553
Judgment, September 4, 1997 245
Decision, November 30, 1999 (Case concerning a Violation of the Act onRegulation of Fishing Operation byForeign Nationals) 173
Judgment, February 22, 1999 404
Judgment, January 27, 2000 557
Judgment, June 8, 2001 564
Judgment, April 12, 2002 (Yokota Base case)489, 490, 536, 541

Judgment, September 26, 2002 273, 279
Judgment, February 14, 2003 406
Judgment, July 21, 2006 (Tokyo Sanyo BoekiCo., Ltd. v. The Islamic Republic ofPakistan) 485, 486, 537
Judgment, March 23, 2007 552
Judgment, March 27, 2007 512
Judgment, April 27, 2007 518
High Courts
Osaka
Judgment, February 26, 1987 514
Judgment, January 20, 1998 276
Judgment, February 26, 1999 (Mazarin Gas
Carriers Inc. v. The Hyogo Bank, Ltd)
343, 514
Tokyo
Judgment, July 18, 1957 491
Judgment, March 14, 1984 (Case concerning
taxation of ODECO Nihon S.A.) 171
Judgment, December 25, 1998 488
Judgment, December 19, 2000 493
Judgment, February 9, 2000 (Iranian CarpetCase) 344, 345, 354
Judgment, March 29, 2002 (Nauru FinanceCorp. Case) 488, 491, 494
Judgment, February 5, 2003 486, 490
Judgment, October 30, 2006 556
Judgment, October 4, 2007 490, 493, 494
OthersFukuoka High Court, Ruling, June 9, 1954

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488
Hiroshima High Court, Judgment, July 9,2004 518
District Courts
Tokyo
Judgment, December 23, 1955 491
Ruling, March 16, 1957 488
Ruling, April 20, 1957 488
Judgment, September 19, 1960 488
Judgment, April 26, 1965 (Pilot Case,International Air Service Company Limited
v. Frank S. George) 344, 348
Judgment, May 30, 1977 345
Judgment, March 14, 1997 491
Judgment, May 13, 1998 (Iranian CarpetCase) 344
Judgment, November 30, 2000 488
Judgment, August 27, 2001 486
Hachioji Branch, Judgment, May 23, 2003
489
Ruling, July 31, 2003 (Nauru Finance Corp.
Case) 490, 491
Judgment, October 14, 2004 490
Judgment, December 27, 2005 490
Interlocutory Judgment, September 29,

2005 490, 493, 494
Ruling, January 24, 2007 533
Judgment, February 2, 2007 544Interlocutory Judgment, March 20, 2007561
Judgment, April 18, 2007 319Others
Aomori District Court, Ruling, February 14,
1956 488
Chiba District Court, Judgment, July 24,
1997 276
Hiroshima District Court, Judgment, July 9,2002 518
Kyoto District Court, Judgment, September
16, 1977 513
Kyoto District Court Judgment, February 4,
1986 514
Matsue District Court, Hamada Branch,
Judgment, August 15, 1997 173
Osaka District Court, Judgment, February
27, 1987 276
Osaka District Court, Judgment, March 29,
2007 (Yamato-Scale Co., Ltd. v. Ishida Co.,
Ltd.) 567
Yokohama District Court, Ruling, May 19,
1960 488

INCIDENTS
Achille Lauro Incident (1985) 41, 80
Erika Incident (1999) 205
Idaten Incident (2005) 76
Lugou (Marco Polo) Bridge Incident (1937)
519
M/V Alondra Rainbow Incident (1999) 76

M/V Global Mars Incident (2005) 76
M/V Tenyu Incident (1998) 76
Prestige Incident (2002) 205
Santa Maria Incident (1961) 80
Shinpung-ho Incident (2005) 181
Tajima Incident (2002) 202