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Ofori-Tenkorang v. Am. Int'l Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims of racial discrimination, with prejudice, on the ground that 42 U.S.C. section 1981 does not prohibit discriminatory...

Telcordia Tech Inc. v. Telkom SA Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
In a contract dispute involving plaintiff's provision of customized telecommunications software for defendant, a South African company, dismissal of...

Daewoo Motor Am., Inc. v. General Motors Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims on the ground of international comity is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erroneously concluded that...

Nippon Steel Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Evidence, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
A decision of the U.S. Court of International Trade instructing the U.S. International Trade Commission to issue a determination that the domestic...

Kashin v. Kent

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
A petition for certification brought by a senior foreign service officer seeking certification that he was acting within the scope of employment at...

Soc'y of Lloyd's v. Siemon-Netto

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
Summary judgment for plaintiff-insurer in a suit to enforce money judgments previously entered in a foreign suit for nonpayment of reinsurance...

Admart AG v. Stephen & Mary Birch Found., Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, International Trade, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a dispute involving a contract for the purchase of an art exhibit, a judgment confirming a foreign arbitral award under the Convention on the...

Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade
Dismissal of an Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) action brought by plaintiffs, residents of Papua New Guinea, against defendant-mining corporation...

Gross v. German Found. Indus. Initiative

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, International Law
In a World War II reparations case, dismissal of a claim contending that German companies owe "interest" on their payments to a reparations fund,...

Caman v. Cont'l Airlines, Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for an airline in an action under the Warsaw Convention is affirmed where the district court correctly ruled in favor of the airline...