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JP MORGAN CHASE BANK v. TRAFFIC STREAM (BVI) INFRASTRUCTURE LTD.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law
A corporation organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands is a "citizen or subject of a foreign state" for the purposes of alienage...

SINGH v. I.N.S.

Immigration Law, International Law
Immigration Judge's denial of an application for asylum and withholding of deportation, based on credibility determination arising from inconsistency...

INT'L INS. CO. v. CAJA NACIONAL DE AHORRO Y SEGURO

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, International Law
An Argentinian insurance and reinsurance company is not immune, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, from posting pre-judgment security under...

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. v. INTEL CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, International Law, International Trade
A complaint before the European Commission's Directorate General of Competition, based on abuse of a dominant market position, was a "proceeding in a...

BOIM v. QURANIC LITERACY INST.

Injury & Tort Law, International Law
A claim by parents of a U.S. citizen murdered in Israel by Hamas terrorists, for civil liability against alleged terrorist-funding non-profit...

FRANCISCO v. STOLT ACHIEVEMENT MT

Admiralty, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
Suit by a Philippine national, injured on a chemical tanker ship on the Mississippi River, was properly ordered to arbitration where he signed an...

LLOYD v. AM. AIRLINES

Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
In an action for damages under the Warsaw Convention after an airline crash, emotional damages are recoverable to the extent they are caused by...

US v. SUERTE

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
For extraterritorial application of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, Fifth Amendment due process does not require a nexus between a foreign...

FORD v. GARCIA

Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a civil action brought under the Torture Victim Protection Act, showing the defendant's actual ability to control the guilty troops is part of the...

REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Court has no appellate jurisdiction to review orders already issued remanding to a Florida state court four lawsuits filed by foreign states against...