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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-1093 Russian Federation v. Stabil LLC, et al. District of Columbia 2026-03-17 Pending arbitration-agreement arbitration-exception foreign-sovereign-immunity FSIA international-arbitration sovereign-immunity Whether Section 1605(a)(6) requires a court to determine, as a threshold jurisdictional matter, that the foreign state offered (consented) to arbitrat…
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 within the meaning …
19-1049 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al. v. Crystallex International Corporation Third Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied alter-ego alter-ego-doctrine attachment exceptional-importance foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity fsia instrumentality international-law judgment-enforcement pdvsa sovereign-immunity third-circuit 1. Whether a judgment-enforcement action against a foreign sovereign and its instrumentality must be predicated on applicable exceptions to the immuni…
18-948 In Re Grand Jury Subpoena District of Columbia 2019-01-22 Denied Relisted (4) 18-usc-3231 28-usc-1330 28-usc-1604 contempt-sanctions criminal-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity fsia jurisdictional-exceptions sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Does the FSIA grant foreign states sovereign immunity from American criminal jurisdiction? 2. Is 28 U.S.C. § 1330(a) the exclusive basis for subje…
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 The Decision of Siege and Invasion of Iraq created changes in Laws Authority, Immunity FSIA ,Political Doctrine This is a Fact .The respondents Admitt…
18-681 Chinyere U. Nwoke v. Consulate of Nigeria Seventh Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied 28-usc-1603 28-usc-1605 commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception diplomatic-immunity foreign-service fsia fsia-28-usc-1603 fsia-28-usc-1605(a)(2) missing-passports passport-issuance proper-service-28-usc-1608 service-of-process sovereign-immunity Whether the practice of Respondent, CONSULATE OF NIGERIA, NY, that requires consulate officials to leave the New York Consulate office to advertise an…