direct-effect
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23A165 | Arun Kumar Bhattacharya v. State Bank of India | Seventh Circuit | 2023-08-23 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split commercial-activity-exception direct-effect foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act sovereign-immunity | Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's commercial activity exception, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2), requires a foreign state to have performed a leg… | |
| 20-117 | Jairo Sequeira v. Republic of Nicaragua, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-08-05 | Denied | Response Waived | contract-validity direct-effect direct-effect-doctrine explicit-waiver foreign-law foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdiction jurisdiction-waiver property-rights | Whether 1605(a)(1) of the FSIA waiver exception requires courts to determine jurisdiction based on whether or not a contract contains an explicit waiv… |
| 18-716 | Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. v. EIG Energy Fund XIV, L.P., et al. | District of Columbia | 2018-12-04 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | circuit-split conflict-among-circuits conflict-with-other-courts direct-effect foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-corporate-structure international-investment investment-fund investment-loss judicial-restructuring jurisdictional-challenge overseas-conduct sovereign-instrumentality subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether the D.C. Circuit correctly held that there is a 'direct effect' in the United States under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act when the plain… |