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Swezey v. Merrill Lynch

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, International Law
In a turnover proceeding against Merrill Lynch seeking to execute a class action $2 billion judgment against a brokerage firm, arising from a judgment...

Garamendi v. Henin

Insurance Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In an appeal of a Rule 60(a) motion to correct an existing judgment so that it could be enforced in France, the district court's grant of motion to...

USAA Casualty Insurance Co. v. Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a tort suit against an instrumentality of the Republic of Namibia stemming from construction work on its New York chancery building, a district...

US v. Said

Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law, Admiralty
The district court's opinion dismissing a piracy count from the indictment is vacated and the case remanded, in light of United States v. Dire, No....

US v. Dire

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, International Law, Juvenile Law
In a prosecution for crimes including piracy, convictions and sentences are affirmed, where: 1) the district court correctly applied the United...

US v. Bond

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
A conviction under the penal provision of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 is affirmed, where: 1) the defendant's behavior...

Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority

Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a suit against the Palestinian Authority and the PLO under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA) brought by the estate of a person...

Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Ltd v. Ficeto

International Law, Securities Law
In a suit by nine Cayman Islands hedge funds alleging fraudulent trading of securities by their investment managers, the district court's judgment is:...

NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina

Banking Law, Commercial Law, International Law, International Trade
A judgment granting and confirming attachment and restraining orders against a bank account owned by an instrumentality of the Republic of Argentina...

Zivotofsky v. Clinton

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Immigration Law, International Law, Judges & Judiciary
In a case in which parents of a child born in Jerusalem sought to have the child's place of birth recorded in his passport as "Israel" as allowed by a...