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Chowdhury v. Worldtel Bangladesh Holding, Ltd.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Judgment for plaintiff, a citizen of Bangladesh and resident of the United States, in an action alleging that defendants had directed a paramilitary...

Republic of Ecuador v. MacKay

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In actions involving claims of environmental damage allegedly caused by an oil consortium, two district courts' decisions ordering the production of...

Tire Engineering & Distribution L.L.C. v. Bank of China Ltd.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
The following questions are certified to the New York Court of Appeals: 1) whether the separate entity rule precludes a judgment creditor from...

Daimler AG v. Bauman

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Defendant, a German public stock company, is not amenable to suit in California for injuries allegedly caused by conduct of its Argentinean subsidiary...

Licci ex rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Plaintiffs' motion for this Court to permit them to file a petition for rehearing despite the fact that a judgment had yet to issue in this appeal, is...

Hollis v. O’Driscoll

Family Law, International Law
The district court's order for the return of father's daughter to him from New York to New Zealand, pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil...

In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action for damages for injuries or deaths caused by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the district court's order denying plaintiffs'...

Kisano Trade & Invest Limited v. Lemster

Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law, White Collar Crime
In an action alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), intentional interference with contract, unjust...

In re Barnet

Bankruptcy Law, International Law
The bankruptcy court's order granting recognition of a foreign main proceeding under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code is vacated and remanded, where...

Pulido v. Superior Court

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
The petition for review of an order in petitioner's habeas corpus proceedings, denying his motion to examine a material witness in Mexico on a...