No. 19-1049
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al. v. Crystallex International Corporation
Tags: alter-ego alter-ego-doctrine attachment exceptional-importance foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity fsia instrumentality international-law judgment-enforcement pdvsa sovereign-immunity third-circuit
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Latest Conference:
2020-05-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a judgment-enforcement action against a foreign sovereign and its instrumentality must be predicated on applicable exceptions to the immunity provided by the FSIA.
2. Whether a plaintiff can overcome the presumption of juridical separateness between a foreign sovereign and its instrumentality in the absence of any connection between the foreign sovereign's control over its instrumentality and the plaintiff's injuries.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a judgment-enforcement action against a foreign sovereign and its instrumentality must be predicated on applicable exceptions to the immunity provided by the FSIA
Docket Entries
2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-27
Reply of petitioners Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-04-13
Brief of respondent Crystallex International Corporation in opposition filed.
2020-03-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 24, 2020.
2020-03-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 25, 2020 to April 24, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2020)
Attorneys
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al.
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. — Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Petitioner
Crystallex International Corporation
Miguel A. Estrada — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Respondent