United States Second Circuit

In declaratory relief action seeking declaration that defendant Saudi citizen could not prevail on a libel claim against plaintiff author under New York law, and that the libel judgment in England is not enforceable in the U.S., the following question is certified to the New York Court of Appeals: Does section 302(a)(1) of New York's long-arm statute confer personal jurisdiction over the defendant?

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2007
• Published 06/08/2007

Judges

• FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:, Before:  FEINBERG, LEVAL, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Kornstein, Mark Platt, Cecelia Chang and Mikaela A. McDermott, Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Kurt A. Wimmer, Jason P. Criss, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Amazon.com, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Association of American Publishers, Inc., Authors Guild, Inc., Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Publishers Council, Forbes Inc., John Fairfax Holdings, Ltd., Media/Professional Insurance, Media Institute, Newspaper Association of America, Online News Association, Radio-Television News Directors Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and World Press Freedom Committee, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen J. Brogan and Timothy J. Finn, Jones Day, Washington, DC, and Michael Nussbaum, Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.