| 24-17 |
Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Judgment Issued |
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civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction service-of-process statutory-interpretation |
Whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act requires satisfaction of the minimum-con… |
| 23-1201 |
CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited, et al. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-08 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure due-process federal-courts foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether plaintiffs must prove minimum contacts before federal courts may assert personal jurisdiction over foreign states sued under the Foreign Sover… |
| 23A604 |
Zehava Friedman, et al. v. Republic of Hungary, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
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foreign-sovereign-immunities holocaust-survivors international-law jurisdiction property-seizure world-war-two |
Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act permits Holocaust survivors to bring claims against a foreign state for property seizures during World Wa… |
| 23-708 |
Chava Rachel Mark, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of T. B. M., R. L. M., and E. B. M., Minors, et al. v. Republic of Sudan, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-12-29 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
consolidated-appropriations-act constitutional-challenge constitutional-challenges foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act judicial-review settlement-agreement state-sponsored-terrorism subject-matter-jurisdiction sudan-sponsored-terrorism |
Whether the SCRA stripped courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the settlement and whether the denial of a judicial forum for these… |
| 22-886 |
Blenheim Capital Holdings Ltd., et al. v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-15 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split commercial-activity contract-law foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity fsia international-law jurisdictional-immunity military-procurement weltover |
Is a foreign government's procurement of goods for a military purpose, through a contract with a U.S. company, commercial-activity |
| 21-1450 |
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S., aka Halkbank v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-05-17 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9) |
18-usc-3231 28-usc-1330 28-usc-1602-1611 criminal-prosecution district-court-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether U.S. district courts may exercise subject-matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions against foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalitie… |
| 21-1013 |
Republic of Turkey v. Lusik Usoyan, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
burden-of-proof discretionary-function-rule foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act policy-analysis policy-prong presidential-protection presidential-security-detail state-visit-security use-of-force |
Whether the Discretionary Function Rule within the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act applies to claims based upon a presidential security detail's use … |
| 20-1547 |
Broidy Capital Management, LLC, et al. v. State of Qatar |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights civil-rights-violations criminal-law criminal-violations discretionary-act-exclusion foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law jurisdiction |
Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's discretionary act exclusion bars the exercise of jurisdiction over claims by a U.S. citizen against a f… |
| 20-1054 |
Vipula D. Valambhia, et al. v. United Republic of Tanzania, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-02-03 |
Denied |
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bank-account commercial-activities commercial-activities-exception direct-effects foreign-judgments foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity international-law judgment-recognition jurisdiction payments u.s.-banking |
Whether clause 3 of the commercial activities exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2), provides for jurisdict… |
| 20-640 |
The Welsh Government v. Pablo Star Ltd., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
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commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception copyright-infringement foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-state international-law jurisdictional-exception political-subdivision tourism-promotion |
Is a political subdivision of a foreign state immune from copyright infringement claims under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's commercial activi… |
| 20-84 |
Teresita A. Canuto v. Troy Alexander, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-07-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
acting-official civil-procedure due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act immunity-doctrine individual-liability jurisdictional-challenge official-capacity standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act extends to an individual for acts taken in the individual's fo… |
| 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 subject to jurisdiction under the expropriation exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for claims to pro… |
| 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 |
Whether the 'expropriation exception' of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act provides jurisdiction over claims that a foreign sovereign has violated … |
| 18-7125 |
Refaat F. Abul Hosn v. Department of State, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
admitted-mistakes authority authority-regulation breach-of-contract civil-rights contract diplomatic-immunity foreign-sovereign-immunities fsia immunity international-law iraq-invasion legal-authority political-doctrine regulatory-compliance |
Was the immunity under the FSIA affected when the invasion of Iraq occurred? |
| 18-544 |
Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Defense, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1604 28-usc-1605 acting-official foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity foreign-state government-liability individual-capacity individual-liability official-capacity service-of-process sovereign-immunity state-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act extends to an individual for acts taken in the individual's fo… |