| 24A551 |
Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Russian Federation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-12-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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commercial-activity expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act property-rights sovereign-immunity u-s-nexus |
This case presents two important questions regarding the application of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's (""FSIA") expropriation exception, 28 U… |
| 23-867 |
Republic of Hungary, et al. v. Rosalie Simon, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-02-12 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
asset-commingling burden-of-proof circuit-split commercial-nexus expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law pleading-stage pleading-standard |
(1) Whether historical commingling of assets
suffices to establish that proceeds of seized property have a commercial nexus with the United States
un… |
| 23A592 |
Republic of Hungary, et al. v. Rosalie Simon, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-12-27 |
Presumed Complete |
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burden-of-proof circuit-split expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law property-tracing |
Question not identified. |
| 19-520 |
Alan Philipp, et al. v. Federal Republic of Germany, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
CVSGRelisted (3) |
commercial-activity expropriation-exception foreign-state international-law property-rights commercial-activity expropriation expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity instrumentality international-law jurisdiction property-claims property-rights |
Is the Federal Republic of Germany ("Germany"),
a foreign state, subject to jurisdiction under the expropriation exception of the Foreign Sovereign Im… |
| 19-351 |
Federal Republic of Germany, et al. v. Alan Philipp, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-09-18 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (9)Relisted (3) |
circuit-split comity diplomatic-issues expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity human-rights-law international-comity international-human-rights international-law property-taking property-takings takings |
1. Whether the "expropriation exception" of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(3),
which abrogates foreign sovereign immunity w… |
| 18-997 |
Oliver Williams, et al. v. The National Gallery, London, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-01-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law jurisdiction property-rights sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction takings wrongful-possession |
Is a sovereign's, or its instrumentality's, refusal to return property wrongfully held a taking of rights in property in violation of international la… |