| 23-197 |
James Owens, et al. v. Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. |
Second Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
choice-of-forum co-plaintiff-composition court-jurisdiction deference foreign-co-plaintiffs forum-non-conveniens international-litigation terrorism terrorism-victims U.S.-resident-plaintiffs |
Whether the choice of a U.S. forum by U.S.-resident plaintiffs is entitled to 'less deference' under the doctrine of forum-non-conveniens, rather than… |
| 21-1508 |
David Dotson v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
choice-of-forum day-in-court erie-doctrine federalism forum-selection insurance-litigation res-judicata substantive-law |
Did the court of appeals violate the federalism principle of Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) when it refused to apply Louisiana's substant… |
| 20-428 |
Horacio Sequeira v. Republic of Nicaragua, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
|
arbitration-clause breach-of-contract choice-of-forum choice-of-law commercial-arbitration commercial-contract contract-validity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdiction jurisdiction-waiver motion-to-dismiss |
Whether the proper procedure for a district court to follow in FSIA breach of contract cases is to apply the FSIA to avoid converting a Motion to Dism… |
| 19-232 |
New Mighty U.S. Trust, et al. v. Robert Shi, as Executor of the Will of Yueh-Lan Wang, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-08-21 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
burden-of-proof choice-of-forum choice-of-law circuit-split civil-procedure conflict-of-laws forum-non-conveniens jurisdiction jurisdictional-doctrine standing venue |
Whether a forum resident bears a heightened burden to establish that a suit brought by a foreign plaintiff should be dismissed under the doctrine of f… |
| 18-1447 |
Republic of Hungary, et al. v. Rosalie Simon, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-20 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (7)Relisted (4) |
choice-of-forum comity-interest exhaustion-of-local-remedies exhaustion-of-remedies foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity forum-non-conveniens international-comity naturalized-citizens world-war-ii-property-claims |
Whether the district court must abstain from exercising jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for reasons of international comity wh… |