anti-terrorism-act

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1314 Sberbank of Russia PJSC v. Thomas Schansman, Individually and as Surviving Parent of Quinn Lucas Schansman and as the Legal Guardian on Behalf of X.S., a Minor, et al. Second Circuit 2025-06-25 Denied anti-terrorism-act commercial-activity-exception correspondent-accounts foreign-sovereign-immunities-act sovereign-immunity terrorist-attack Do the general exceptions to foreign state immunity under Section 1604 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act pierce the separate immunity provision …
24-20 Miriam Fuld, et al. v. Palestine Liberation Organization, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-09 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) anti-terrorism-act consent-to-jurisdiction due-process fifth-amendment palestinian-authority palestinian-liberation-organization personal-jurisdiction promoting-security-and-justice-for-victims-of-terr statutory-interpretation Whether the PSJVTA violates the Fifth Amendment
23-580 Lisa O'Brien, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2023-11-30 Denied anti-terrorism-act damages federal-courts federal-statute preemption state-law statute-of-limitations wrongful-death Whether Congress intended to preempt state wrongful death distribution laws in enacting the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)
23A59 Ken Ejimofor Ezeah v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-07-21 Presumed Complete 28-usc-2255 anti-terrorism-act certificate-of-appealability ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60b-motion successive-habeas-petition Whether a federal prisoner's motion for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) challenging the merits of a prior habeas corpus decision un…
23-18 Dana Marie Bernhardt, Personally and as the Administratrix of the Estate of Jeremy Wise, et al. v. HSBC Holdings PLC, et al. District of Columbia 2023-07-06 Denied aiding-and-abetting anti-terrorism-act banking-services financial-system international-terrorism justice-against-sponsors-of-terrorism-act personal-jurisdiction terrorism-financing Whether a foreign defendant who knowingly, willfully, and illegally moved or permitted billions of dollars to be moved through the U.S. financial syst…
23-9 AstraZeneca UK Limited, et al. v. Joshua Atchley, et al. District of Columbia 2023-07-05 GVR CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (2) aiding-and-abetting anti-terrorism-act direct-liability foreign-government-agency foreign-terrorist-organization proximate-causation specific-attack terrorist-organization transacting-with-government-agency Whether ATA aiding-and-abetting liability requires conscious-voluntary-culpable-participation
21-1496 Twitter, Inc. v. Mehier Taamneh, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-05-31 Judgment Issued Amici (19) aiding-and-abetting anti-terrorism-act foreign-terrorist-organization generic-services international-terrorism justice-against-sponsors-of-terrorism-act knowingly-provided knowingly-providing-substantial-assistance substantial-assistance terrorist-use-of-services Whether a defendant that provides generic, widely available services to all its numerous users and 'regularly' works to detect and prevent terrorists …
21-896 Jimmy Martin, Warden v. Alonzo Cortez Johnson Tenth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied anti-terrorism-act batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky direct-appeal federal-court-proceedings habeas-corpus jury-selection standard-of-review state-court-proceedings tenth-circuit whether-the-tenth-circuit-violated-the-antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act
21-6080 Carl Henry Olsen, III v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa anti-terrorism-act circuit-split federal-habeas federal-statute habeas-corpus presumption-against-retroactivity retroactive-application retroactivity second-or-successive-petitions second-petition Whether AEDPA's restrictions on second or successive habeas petitions apply retroactively to petitioners who filed pre-AEDPA federal habeas litigation
20-1624 Robert Butts v. William Sperfslage, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act attorney-deception effective-death-penalty-act equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus holland-v-florida section-2254 Whether the court should grant a writ to clarify the standard for granting an evidentiary hearing on equitable tolling in Section 2254 cases under the…
20-7493 Jose Luis Sanchez, Jr. v. Donald Holbrook, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-terrorism-act article-iii constitutional-interpretation federal-courts federal-judicial-power federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-power state-court state-court-review Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2254(d) of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) is unconstitutional
19-1467 Robert S. Ortloff, aka Robert Stanley Ortloff v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability docket-management due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se pro-se-petition Whether the Court of Appeals erred when it contravened long-established decisional law
19-764 Mark I. Sokolow, et al. v. Palestine Liberation Organization, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-16 GVR Amici (3) anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-act-1992 anti-terrorism-clarification-act-2018 congress due-process fifth-amendment international-terrorism national-security palestinian-authority personal-jurisdiction terrorism united-states-citizen Whether the PLO and PA consented to personal jurisdiction when they chose to maintain facilities within the United States after the date specified in …
19-741 Estate of Esther Klieman, By and Through Its Administrator, Aaron Kesner, et al. v. Palestinian Authority, aka Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority, et al. District of Columbia 2019-12-11 GVR anti-terrorism-act civil-liability civil-litigation congress-power congressional-intent criminal-prosecution due-process fifth-amendment foreign-sovereign Whether the PA-PLO has the right to raise a Due Process defense under the Fifth Amendment
19-5060 Derrick Washington v. Carol A. Mici, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Correction First Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment anti-terrorism anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-review cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus incarceration life-without-parole sentencing Is Congress' 1996 Anti-Terrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) unconstitutional, as it unnecessarily snuffs out convicted persons' abilities to …
18-6534 John Taylor Tyler v. Eric Wilson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act factual-innocence federal-habeas habeas-corpus savings-clause statute-of-limitations When a prisoner has made a substantial showing of factual innocence, does a district court err when it holds that the broad jurisdiction of 28 U.S.C. …