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Holland Am. Line Inc. v. Wartsila N. Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law, Transportation
In a dispute brought by a cruise line seeking to hold defendants liable for the destruction of a cruise ship by fire while it sailed from one Tahitian...

Gullone v. Bayer Corp

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a suit making up part of a series of lawsuits against drug manufacturers relating to the transmission of blood-borne diseases through products...

Hanley v. Roy

Family Law, International Law
In case brought by grandparents seeking return of their grandchildren to Ireland, dismissal of petition, filed under the Hague Convention on the Civil...

Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade, Patent
In a patent infringement suit brought by AT&T charging Microsoft with liability for foreign installations of Windows under 35 U.S.C. section...

Ventress v. Japan Airlines

Civil Procedure, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
The Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation Treaty between the U.S. and Japan does not preempt California's whistle blower protection laws.

Crawfish Processors Alliance v. US

International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In an appeal involving an Antidumping Duty Order imposed against freshwater crawfish tail meat imported from China, a scope ruling that crawfish...

Bader v. Kramer

Family Law, International Law
Ruling for petitioner in action under International Child Abduction Remedies Act seeking the return of his daughter to Germany is affirmed as...

Papakosmas v. Papakosmas

Family Law, International Law
A judgment finding that a mother's removal of her children from Greece was not wrongful within the meaning of the Hague Convention and the...

Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade, Military Law
In an Alien Tort Claims Act suit brought by current or former residents of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea against an international mining company...

Bank of New York v. Rubin

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law
In case stemming from a default judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran arising from its provision of training and material support to the group...