| 25-699 |
Amaplat Mauritius Ltd., et al. v. Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-12-17 |
Pending |
arbitral-award circuit-split foreign-sovereign-immunities-act implied-waiver international-arbitration new-york-convention |
When a foreign sovereign that is a party to the New York Convention agrees to arbitrate a dispute governed by the Convention, does it impliedly waive … |
| 25A477 |
Amos Wells v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-27 |
Application |
death-penalty future-dangerousness genetic-evidence ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-standard |
Whether defense counsel's introduction of genetic predisposition evidence constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment when… |
| 24-326 |
Ricardo Devengoechea v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
Third Circuit |
2024-09-20 |
Denied |
circuit-conflict commercial-activity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act implied-waiver judgment-execution property-seizure |
Whether the standard for determining a foreign country's implied waiver of execution immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act is an objecti… |
| 23-140 |
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al. v. OI European Group B.V., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
alter-ego alter-ego-doctrine derecognition executive-authority executive-recognition foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act pdvsa property-attachment state-instrumentality |
Whether a court may assess the FSIA immunity of a 'foreign state' and its instrumentalities from jurisdiction, and the immunity of their property from… |
| 21-1574 |
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Europe v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
District of Columbia |
2022-06-21 |
Denied |
central-authority civil-procedure default-judgment foreign-sovereign-immunities-act hague-service-convention service-of-process treaty-interpretation |
Whether a District Court deciding a motion for default judgment may find service upon a foreign State pursuant to Article 15 of the Hague Service Conv… |
| 19-1049 |
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al. v. Crystallex International Corporation |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
alter-ego alter-ego-doctrine attachment exceptional-importance foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity fsia instrumentality international-law judgment-enforcement pdvsa sovereign-immunity third-circuit |
Whether a judgment-enforcement action against a foreign sovereign and its instrumentality must be predicated on applicable exceptions to the immunity … |
| 19-6571 |
Francisco Illarramendi v. John J. Carney, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-12 |
Denied |
28-usc-2462 civil-actions civil-procedure civil-procedure-statute-of-limitations-sec-28-usc- collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights due-process pdvsa-venezuela sec sec-enforcement sec-receiver-parallel-criminal-proceedings statute-of-limitations summary-judgment summary-judgment-collateral-estoppel summary-judgment-standard-tolan-v-cotton supreme-court-doctrine |
Do lower courts have an inherent duty to properly apply doctrine of this Supreme Court that confirms the applicability of the Statute of Limitations -… |
| 18-9224 |
Francisco Illarramendi v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-10 |
Denied |
28-usc-2462 civil-actions civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights habeas-corpus sec securities-enforcement statute-of-limitations summary-judgment supreme-court-doctrine |
Do lower courts have an inherent duty to properly apply doctrine of this Supreme Court that confirms the applicability of the Statute of Limitations -… |
| 18-5136 |
Francisco Illarramendi v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
article-iii-standing civil-procedure civil-proceeding constitutional-liberty constitutional-property constitutional-property-rights constitutional-rights district-court inextricably-intertwined liberty-interests parallel-criminal-proceeding property-rights |
Can Article III standing be denied to a defendant in a civil proceeding who objects to district court rulings that directly affect the defendant's con… |