No. 23A165

Arun Kumar Bhattacharya v. State Bank of India

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-23
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split commercial-activity-exception direct-effect foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act sovereign-immunity
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's commercial activity exception, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2), requires a foreign state to have performed a legally significant act in the United States to establish direct effect jurisdiction, and if so, what standard should govern the determination of what constitutes such a legally significant act

Docket Entries

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 LevyHolwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP, Petitioner