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Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, International Law, Water Law
In a dispute over a Bureau of Reclamation project to build a concrete-lined canal to replace an unlined portion of the All-American Canal, an...

Munaf v. Green

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
In case of American citizen convicted in Iraq on kidnapping charges, sentenced to death by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, while still being held...

de Silva v. Pitts

Civil Procedure, Family Law, International Law
A judgment denying petitioner's Hague Convention petition for return of her son to her custody in Canada, and instead allowing him to remain with his...

Torres de la Cruz v. Maurer

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, International Law
A petition for review challenging a removal order is dismissed in part for lack of jurisdiction, and denied in part over meritless claims that: 1) the...

Deposit Ins. Agency v. Superintendent of Banks of the State of N.Y.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, International Law
Denial of appellant's state sovereign immunity defense to bankruptcy proceedings brought under 11 U.S.C. section 304 by appellee, the foreign...

BASF Corp. v. US

International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In a tariff classification case involving importer-BASF Corporation, a decision classifying an imported product, which contains 1% beta-carotene and...

US v. Jackson

Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
Dismissal of an indictment under 18 U.S.C. section 2423(c), which punishes any U.S. citizen "who travels in foreign commerce, and engages in any...

ITC Ltd. v. Punchgini, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, International Law, Trade Dress, Trademark
Summary judgment for defendants on claims of trademark infringement, unfair competition, and related false advertising is reversed in part pending...

Mironescu v. Costner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
Denial of motion to dismiss habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. section 2241, and order enjoining the government from extraditing petitioner to Romania,...

Sierra v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, International Law
A conviction for capital murder is affirmed over a claim of erroneous denial of a suppression motion, as suppression is not an appropriate remedy for...