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NORITA v. COMMONWEALTH OF THE N. MARIANA ISLANDS

Civil Procedure, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
The inter-circuit conflict with the First Circuit regarding the lack of an Eleventh Amendment soveriegn immunity defense for the Mariana Islands, per...

ALVAREZ-MACHAIN v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law
The DEA had no authority to effect an arrest and detention of a Mexican citizen in Mexico, and he may now pursue civil remedies under U.S. law for his...

BARCELONA.COM, INC. v. EXCELENTISIMO AYUNTAMIENTO DE BARCELONA

Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, International Law
District court's denial of plaintiff's petition for relief under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act is reversed, where it applied Spanish...

DELVOYE v. LEE

Family Law, International Law
Petition to return a baby to Belgium, under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, is denied where plaintiff...

ALAMEDA FILMS S A DE C V v. AUTHORS RIGHTS RESTORATION CORP. INC;

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Media Law
The district court's ruling (1) determining that production companies, such as the plaintiffs, can hold copyrights under Mexican law, (2)permitting...

HILL v. REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Remedies
In order to obtain damages for economic loss against a non-immune foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, a plaintiff must prove...

SOUTHWAY v. CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

Commercial Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Nigerian defendants responding to fraud allegations have proven that the commercial activity exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976...

PEOPLE'S MOJAHEDIN ORG. OF IRAN v. DEP'T OF STATE

Constitutional Law, Government Law, International Law
In the designation and re-designation of an Iranian group as a foreign terrorist organization, the Secretary of State acted according to law and in...

FORT v. ASHCROFT

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law, International Law
Federal courts possess 28 U.S.C. section 2241 habeas jurisdiction over claims arising under the Convention Against Torture's implementing legislation...

ASOCIACION DE EMPLEADOS DEL AREA CANALERA (ASEDAC) v. PANAMA CANAL COMMN.

International Law, Labor & Employment Law
The District Court erred in concluding that it lacked jurisdiction, as it wrongly held that 5 U.S.C. section 7121(a) barred it from exercising subject...