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Kismet Acquisition, LLC v. Diaz-Barba

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court properly affirmed the bankruptcy court's judgment invalidating the transfer to the Diaz defendants of a Mexican coastal villa owned...

Al Shimari v. CACI Premier Technology, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims seeking damages against defendant-American corporation for the torture and mistreatment of foreign nationals at the...

Norex Petroleum Limited v. Blavatnik

International Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a long-running contest over control of a lucrative oil field in Western Siberia, the Appellate Division erred in concluding that plaintiff's...

Kismet Acquisition, LLC v. Diaz-Barba

Bankruptcy Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
The district court properly ruled on the bankruptcy court's post-judgment imposition of contempt sanctions on defendants for failing to transfer a...

Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In an action brought by a plaintiff-bondholder against Argentina to enforce judgments it obtained, the district court's order granting...

D'Amico Dry Ltd. v. Primera Maritime (Hellas) Ltd.

Admiralty, Contracts, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a suit to enforce an English non-admiralty court's judgment on a derivative contract for future ocean liner rates, the district court's dismissal...

Hilton v. Kerry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
In an appeal of denial of a habeas corpus petition asking the court to block extradition of a U.S. citizen to face an attempted murder charge in...

Sanchez Londono v. Gonzalez

Family Law, International Law
The district court's denial of Mother's petition filed pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, as...

Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's action claiming that she was the rightful owner of two paintings forcibly purchased by the Nazis from her deceased husband's...

Empresa Cubana del Tabaco v. General Cigar Co., Inc.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, International Law
The decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board granting summary judgment to defendant on the basis that plaintiff, a Cuban company, lacks...