No. 23-390
Arun Kumar Bhattacharya v. State Bank of India
Tags: circuit-split commercial-activity-exception direct-effects-clause foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation u.s.-jurisdictional-requirements
Latest Conference:
2024-01-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether, to establish a "direct effect in the United States" under 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(2), a plaintiff must make an extratextual showing that either the sovereign engaged in a U.S.-based "legally significant act," or that the U.S. effects were "legally significant" in addition to being direct.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a 'direct effect in the United States' under 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(2) requires a 'legally significant act' in the U.S. or 'legally significant' U.S. effects
Docket Entries
2024-01-16
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
2023-12-22
Reply of petitioner Arun Kumar Bhattacharya filed. (Distributed)
2023-12-12
Brief of respondent State Bank of India in opposition filed.
2023-10-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 13, 2023.
2023-10-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 13, 2023 to December 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-10-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2023)
2023-08-24
Application (23A165) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until October 11, 2023.
2023-08-21
Application (23A165) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 10, 2023 to October 11, 2023, submitted to Justice Barrett.
Attorneys
Arun Kumar Bhattacharya
Vincent Gregory Levy — Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP, Petitioner
State Bank of India
Joseph Hagedorn Lang Jr. — Carlton Fields, P.A., Respondent
David Robert Wright — Carlton Fields, P.A., Respondent
Michael David Sloan — Carlton Fields, P.A., Respondent
Natalie Ann Napierala — Carlton Fields, P.A., Respondent