all - Opinion Summaries

PARK v. SHIN

International Law, Labor & Employment Law
A Deputy Consul General and his wife are not entitled to immunity under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations or the Foreign Sovereign Immunity...

HUSAIN v. OLYMPIC AIRWAYS

Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
District court did not clearly err in finding that an airline passenger's death, due to asthma complications from exposure to smoke and a flight...

ALTMANN v. REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act confers jurisdiction in a California district court over the Republic of Austria and the state-owned Austria...

SILVERMAN v. SILVERMAN

Family Law, International Law
Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the question of the children's habitual residence is a fact...

KARAHA BODAS CO., L.L.C. v. PERUSAHAAN PERTAMBANGAN MINYAK DAN GAS BUMI NEGARA

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
New York choice of law rules would mandate application of Indonesian law to determine the relative property interests of funds in trust accounts,...

LI v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law, International Law
Petitioner was not entitled to asylum or withholding of removal for resisting China's coercive family planning practices, and any fear of persecution...

GONZALEZ v. GUTIERREZ

Family Law, International Law
A ne exeat clause (forbidding a person to leave a country, state, or jurisdiction) contained in a foreign custody agreement does not constitute...

ZAPATA HERMANOS SUCESORES, S.A. v. HEARTHSIDE BAKING CO., INC.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law
An order to pay attorneys' fees, after a breach of contract suit, was not supported under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of...

MONEGASQUE DE REASSURANCES S.A.M. v. NAK NAFTOGAZ OF UKRAINE

Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law
Application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens, to dismiss a petition seeking confirmation of an arbitral award under the provisions of the...

COALITION OF CLERGY, LAWYERS, & LAW PROFESSORS v. BUSH

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
A coalition group lacked next-friend and third party standing to bring a habeas petition on behalf of persons captured in Afghanistan and detained by...