No. 22-381

Ashot Yegiazaryan, aka Ashot Egiazaryan v. Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-10-24
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: business-reputation civil-rico court-judgment domestic-injury foreign-injury foreign-plaintiff intangible-property legal-test patent
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Latest Conference: 2023-01-13 (distributed 2 times)
Related Cases: 22-383 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a foreign plaintiff state a cognizable civil RICO claim when it suffers an injury to intangible property, and if so, under what circumstances

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In RJR Nabisco, this Court, applying the presumption against held that a civil RICO plaintiff states a cognizable claim under RICO’s private right of action only if it alleges a “domestic”—not foreign—injury. 579 U.S. 325, 354 (2016). The Court left unresolved, however, what legal test determines whether an injury is foreign or domestic. Id. (“[D]isputes may arise as to whether a particular alleged injury is ‘foreign’ or ‘domestic.’ But we need not concern ourselves with that question in this case.”). Since RJR Nabisco, the Courts of Appeals have divided three ways as to the proper legal test for assessing whether a foreign plaintiff suffers a “domestic” injury to intangible property—such as court judgments, arbitration awards, contract rights, patents, and business reputation or goodwill. The question presented is: Does a foreign plaintiff state a cognizable civil RICO claim when it suffers an injury to intangible property, and if so, under what circumstances.

Docket Entries

2023-07-24
Judgment issued.
2023-03-24
CIRCULATED
2023-03-06
2023-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
2022-12-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-02
2022-10-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 23, 2022)

Attorneys

Ashot Yegiazaryan
Vincent Gregory LevyHolwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP, Petitioner
Vincent Gregory LevyHolwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP, Petitioner
CMB Monaco
Michael Carl TuCooley LLP, Petitioner
Michael Carl TuCooley LLP, Petitioner
Private International Law Scholars
Margaret Barringer HoppinHoppin Grinsell LLP , Amicus
Margaret Barringer HoppinHoppin Grinsell LLP , Amicus
Professor George A. Bermann
Andreas Albert FrischknechtChaffetz Lindsey LLP, Amicus
Andreas Albert FrischknechtChaffetz Lindsey LLP, Amicus
Vitaly Smagin
Alexander David BurchBaker & McKenzie, LLP, Respondent
Alexander David BurchBaker & McKenzie, LLP, Respondent
Nicholas O'Brian KennedyBaker McKenzie LLP, Respondent
Nicholas O'Brian KennedyBaker McKenzie LLP, Respondent
Washington Legal Foundation
Cory L. AndrewsWashington Legal Foundation, Amicus
Cory L. AndrewsWashington Legal Foundation, Amicus