| 24-909 |
Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Russian Federation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-02-24 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (3) |
commercial-activity federal-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-immunity property-expropriation u.s.-nexus-test |
Whether a 'foreign state' lacks immunity from U.S. jurisdiction under the FSIA if either U.S.-nexus test is met or only if the first U.S.-nexus test i… |
| 24-668 |
Republic of Argentina v. Attestor Master Value Fund LP, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-12-19 |
Denied |
|
commercial-activity federal-standard foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-immunity property-execution state-law |
Whether courts should apply state or federal law to determine property location for foreign sovereign immunity under the FSIA, and whether property co… |
| 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 |
| 21-1335 |
Waleed Khalid Abu Al-Waleed Al Hood Al-Qarqani, et al. v. Saudi Arabian Oil Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitral-award arbitration cross-appeal foreign-sovereign-immunity jurisdictional-immunity new-york-convention sovereign-waiver united-nations-convention waiver |
Whether a foreign sovereign may assert FSIA as a defense to enforcement of a foreign arbitral award |
| 21-477 |
Jason Self, et al. v. Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria |
California |
2021-09-29 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure immovable-property immovable-property-rule jurisdiction jurisdictional-immunity legal-exception property-exception sovereign-immunity standing tribal-immunity |
Whether the immovable-property exception applies to tribal sovereign immunity |
| 20-307 |
Shahrokh Mireskandari v. Barrington Mayne, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
common-law-immunity foreign-agents foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity governmental-organ jurisdictional-immunity sovereign-immunity state-department tort-liability tortious-conduct uk-government |
Whether the Law Society of England and Wales and the U.K. Solicitors Regulation Authority are entitled to sovereign immunity as 'organs' of a foreign … |