United States Second Circuit

A court may not apply the fugitive disentitlement doctrine against a defendant that has submitted to its jurisdiction even if it has allegedly fled or flaunted the jurisdiction of another court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/16/2001
• Decided 11/15/2001
• Published 11/15/2001

Judges

• SACK, Circuit Judge:, Before: LEVAL, POOLER, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth F. McCallion, Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow, LLP (H. Rajan Sharma, of counsel), New York, NY;  Law Offices of Curtis Trinko, LLP, New York, NY;  Richard L. Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., James Silk, New Haven, CT, submitted a brief for Amici Curiae Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic, The Center for Constitutional Rights, and the Center for International Environmental Law.


• For Appellees:
  
• William A. Krohley, Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP (William C. Heck, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.