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Marathon A.G. Holding Ltd. v. CMS Enters. Co.

Contracts, Government Law, International Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In an action for breach of contract based on defendant's refusal to indemnify plaintiff for its payments to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in...

Bardales v. Duarte

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, International Law
In a mother's petition seeking return of her children under the Hague Convention alleging that the father wrongfully retained the two older children...

Baragona v. Kuwait Gulf Link Transp. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a tort action arising from the death of plaintiffs-parents' son in a traffic collision with a truck operated by defendant-Kuwaiti corporation in...

US v. Marquez

Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
Defendant's RICO conspiracy conviction is affirmed where: 1) defendant failed to raise objections to his extradition from Spain in a timely manner;...

In re: Assicurazioni Generali, S.p.A.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, International Law
In an action seeking payment of benefits on insurance policies purchased by plaintiffs' family members from defendant-insurer in the years leading up...

Cherichel v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law, International Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order denying petitioner's request for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), the...

Kiobel v. Millson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Sanctions
In an appeal from an order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 sanctioning defense counsel for making factual representations that lacked evidentiary...

Lazaridis v. Wehmer

Civil Procedure, Family Law, International Law
In plaintiff's action raising various constitutional and statutory claims relating to child custody proceedings and the registration of foreign...

Al-Bihani v. Obama

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, International Law, Military Law
In a habeas petition by a Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee, denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) because petitioner was part of and supported a...

Wilson v. Island Seas Invs., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a personal injury action arising out of the death of an individual while on vacation in the Bahamas, dismissal of the action on forum non...