No. 21-685

Alexander Khochinsky v. Republic of Poland

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2021-11-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: bad-faith bad-faith-litigation civil-rights diplomatic-immunity extradition foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity personal-property religion-ethnicity sovereign-immunity
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a foreign state that seeks to resolve title to moveable personal property because it is owned by an individual of a particular religion or ethnicity by targeting him for a concededly bad-faith extradition is nonetheless immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1611 (the 'FSIA)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a foreign state that seeks to resolve title to moveable personal property because it is owned by an individual of a particular religion or ethnicity by targeting him for a concededly bad-faith extradition is nonetheless immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1611 (the “FSIA”).

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-01
Waiver of right of respondent Republic of Poland, A Foreign State to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-11-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 9, 2021)
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Attorneys

Alexander Khochinksy
Nicholas Michael O'Donnell — Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Petitioner
Republic of Poland, A Foreign State
David R. Fine — K & L Gates LLP, Respondent