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FERREIRO v. US

Government Benefits, International Law
The trial court's dismissal of plaintiffs' action for want of jurisdiction, holding that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction over their...

ROSALES v. BATTLE

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a wrongful death suit, plaintiff's appeal of trial court's holding that plaintiff has no standing is affirmed as a foreign citizen living outside...

O'CONNELL v. CORCORAN

Family Law, International Law
In accordance with the Full Faith and Credit Clause, where a foreign divorce decree would serve as a bar to a subsequent action for equitable...

MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORP. v. SUP. CT. OF ORANGE COUNTY

International Law
Case brought by surviving American prisoners of war against a number of Japanese companies for whom they were forced to do slave labor during World...

INDEM. INS. CO. OF N. AM. v. O'HARE SERV.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
In a dispute over lost cargo, the district court is reversed where 1) Hague Rules apply to all phases of the trip, 2) defendant was not legally...

IN RE ALYSSA F.

Family Law, International Law
The superior court's judgment terminating parental rights is reversed where, although the court had emergency jurisdiction over the child under Family...

INT'L TRANSACTIONS, LTD. v. EMBOTELLADORA AGRAL REGIOMONTANA

Bankruptcy Law, International Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's action seeking confirmation of an arbitration award, for lack of standing, and the grant of comity to the Mexican Bankruptcy...

SMITH v. FED. RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK

Civil Procedure, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
Because the plain language of the statutes that govern Iraqi funds that plaintiffs seek to attach in connection with the World Trade Center...

ALI v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law, International Law
The United States cannot remove aliens to Somalia, a country that does not have a functioning government to accept them.

IN RE FORD MOTOR CO.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion to dismiss, on forum non conveniens grounds, certain product liability suits for...