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Sourdza V. United Arab Emirates Case Study

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Case Citation: Sturdza v. United Arab Emirates District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 11 A.3d 251 (2011).
Facts of the case: The United Arab Emirates held a competition for the design of a new embassy in Washington, D.C. the UAE informed Elena Sturdza that she had won. They began to negotiate a contract, but the UAE stopped communicating with Sturdza and no contract was ever signed. The UAE had contracted with a District of Columbia architect, Angelos Demetriou, to use his design for its embassy. Elena Sturdza—an architect licensed in Maryland and Texas but not in the District of Columbia—filed suit against the United Arab Emirates for breach of contract, claiming other architect’s design copied many of the features that were hallmarks

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