No. 21-448
France.com, Inc. v. The French Republic, et al.
Tags: appellate-interpretation circuit-court claim-analysis commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception distinct-claims foreign-sovereign-immunities-act gravamen legal-misapplication lower-federal-courts obb-personenverkeher-v-sachs
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Latest Conference:
2021-12-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and other lower federal courts have misapplied this Court's decision in OBB Personenverkeher v. Sachs, 577 U.S. 27, 34-35 (2015)
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and other lower federal courts have misapplied this Court’s decision in OBB Personenverkeher v. Sachs, 577 U.S. 27, 34-35 (2015), as allowing courts to determine the gravamen of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act “commercial activity” exception suits without analyzing distinct claims presented. ii RULE 29.6
Docket Entries
2021-12-13
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
2021-11-22
Reply of petitioner France.Com, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2021-11-09
Brief of respondents The French Republic, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-09-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2021.
2021-09-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2021 to November 24, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2021)
Attorneys
France.Com, Inc.
Benjamin Stover Barlow — Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, Petitioner
The French Republic, et al.
John Michael Griem Jr. — Carter Ledyard Milburn LLC, Respondent