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iiclr-17478	Plummer, Mary Beth	Choice of Law or Statutory Interpretation?: The Fair Labor Standards Act Applied Overseas Cruz v. Chesapeake Shipping Inc.	1992	22	.pdf	application/pdf	8459	554	67	B. Case Law: Establishing a Presumption Against Extraterritorial Application It is well-established in American case law that all congressional legislation is presumed to apply only within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.3 4 In contrast, the defendant com- panies argued that U.S. law did not apply57 under a choice of law test set out in Lauritzen v. Larsen58 and Hellenic Lines Ltd. v. Rhoditis.	cache/iiclr-17478.pdf	txt/iiclr-17478.txt