| 25-699 |
Amaplat Mauritius Ltd., et al. v. Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-12-17 |
Pending |
Amici (1) |
arbitral-award circuit-split foreign-sovereign-immunities-act implied-waiver international-arbitration new-york-convention |
When a foreign sovereign that is a party to the New York Convention agrees to arbitrate a dispute governed by the Convention, does it impliedly waive … |
| 25-661 |
Erik Blecher, et al. v. The Holy See, aka The Apostolic See |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-08 |
Pending |
|
discretionary-function foreign-sovereign-immunities-act mandatory-policy sexual-abuse subject-matter-jurisdiction tort-claims |
Whether the FSIA's discretionary-function exclusion, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(5)(A), denies federal subject matter jurisdiction for a tort claim that alleg… |
| 24-1314 |
Sberbank of Russia PJSC v. Thomas Schansman, Individually and as Surviving Parent of Quinn Lucas Schansman and as the Legal Guardian on Behalf of X.S., a Minor, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-06-25 |
Denied |
|
anti-terrorism-act commercial-activity-exception correspondent-accounts foreign-sovereign-immunities-act sovereign-immunity terrorist-attack |
Section 2333 of the Anti-Terrorism Act ("ATA") creates a private civil remedy for U.S. nationals injured by an "act of international terrorism," inclu… |
| 24-1130 |
Kingdom of Spain v. Blasket Renewable Investments LLC, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-05-05 |
Pending |
CVSGAmici (5) |
arbitration-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act forum-non-conveniens international-law jurisdiction sovereign-consent |
Whether §1605(a)(6) allows United States courts to assert jurisdiction over a foreign sovereign without determining whether the sovereign consented to… |
| 24-1117 |
Petroquímica de Venezuela, S.A. v. Isaac Industries, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-04-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
affirmative-defense foreign-sovereign-immunities-act responsive-pleading sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver-of-immunity |
Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended, 28 U.S.C. 1330, 1441(d), 1602 et seq., a foreign state, including its agencies and ins… |
| 24A822 |
Kingdom of Spain v. Blasket Renewable Investments LLC, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-02-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
arbitration-agreement arbitration-exception energy-charter-treaty foreign-sovereign-immunities-act forum-non-conveniens subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Question not identified. |
| 24-909 |
Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Russian Federation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-02-24 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (3) |
commercial-activity federal-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-immunity property-expropriation u.s.-nexus-test |
Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), a "foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States" for su… |
| 24-759 |
Wye Oak Technology, Inc. v. Republic of Iraq, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-01-16 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) |
breach-of-contract causation-principles circuit-split commercial-activity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-requirements |
This case concerns the correct interpretation of two clauses of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) that have resulted in two circuit splits. … |
| 24-668 |
Republic of Argentina v. Attestor Master Value Fund LP, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-12-19 |
Denied |
|
commercial-activity federal-standard foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-immunity property-execution state-law |
(1) Whether, when evaluating if property of a foreign sovereign is immune from execution under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 ("FSIA"), … |
| 24A551 |
Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Russian Federation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-12-05 |
Presumed Complete |
|
commercial-activity expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act property-rights sovereign-immunity u-s-nexus |
This case presents two important questions regarding the application of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's (""FSIA") expropriation exception, 28 U… |
| 24A330 |
Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. (Cuba), et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-10-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
cause-of-action foreign-sovereign-immunities-act helms-burton-act property-expropriation sovereign-immunity trafficking |
Question not identified. |
| 24A293 |
David Cassirer, et al. v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
art-restitution california-law choice-of-law foreign-sovereign-immunities-act nazi-looted-art spanish-law |
Question not identified. |
| 24-326 |
Ricardo Devengoechea v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
Third Circuit |
2024-09-20 |
Denied |
|
circuit-conflict commercial-activity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act implied-waiver judgment-execution property-seizure |
Title 28 U.S.C. § 1610(a)(1) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act provides that a foreign country which suffers a judgment against it may waive its… |
| 24-277 |
Shari Mayer Borochov, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-09-11 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
foreign-sovereign-immunities-act grievous-injuries material-support subject-matter-jurisdiction terrorism-exception terrorist-attack |
Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's terrorism exception extends jurisdiction to claims arising from a foreign state's material support for … |
| 24A49 |
Shari Mayer Borochov, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-07-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
extrajudicial-killing foreign-sovereign-immunities-act material-support state-sponsored-terrorism subject-matter-jurisdiction terrorism-exception |
1. This case presents an important and recurring question regarding the "terrorism exception" of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 160… |
| 24-17 |
Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Judgment Issued |
|
civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction service-of-process statutory-interpretation |
Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, "[p]ersonal jurisdiction over a foreign state shall exist as to
every claim for relief over which the dist… |
| 23-1201 |
CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited, et al. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-08 |
Judgment Issued |
|
civil-procedure due-process federal-courts foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether plaintiffs must prove minimum contacts before federal courts may assert personal jurisdiction over foreign states sued under the Foreign Sover… |
| 23A966 |
Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-29 |
Presumed Complete |
|
arbitral-exception circuit-split due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction |
1. This case raises an important, circuit-splitting issue under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1602 et seg. ("FSIA"): Whether the e… |
| 23-1075 |
Zehava Friedman, et al. v. Republic of Hungary, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-04-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
domestic-takings-exception expropriation foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity holocaust-expropriation international-law international-law-taking property-rights stateless-persons treaty-of-trianon |
1. Did Hungary and MÁV violate the international law of expropriation by their seizure of stateless persons' property?
2. Was Hungary's violation of … |
| 23-867 |
Republic of Hungary, et al. v. Rosalie Simon, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-02-12 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
asset-commingling burden-of-proof circuit-split commercial-nexus expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law pleading-stage pleading-standard |
(1) Whether historical commingling of assets
suffices to establish that proceeds of seized property have a commercial nexus with the United States
un… |
| 23-708 |
Chava Rachel Mark, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of T. B. M., R. L. M., and E. B. M., Minors, et al. v. Republic of Sudan, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-12-29 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
consolidated-appropriations-act constitutional-challenge constitutional-challenges foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act judicial-review settlement-agreement state-sponsored-terrorism subject-matter-jurisdiction sudan-sponsored-terrorism |
1. Whether, as the D.C. Circuit held, the SCRA stripped the courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the rest of the settlement or the… |
| 23A592 |
Republic of Hungary, et al. v. Rosalie Simon, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-12-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
burden-of-proof circuit-split expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law property-tracing |
Question not identified. |
| 23-568 |
Robert Bartlett, et al. v. Muhammad Baasiri, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
28-usc-1603 circuit-split complaint-filing-time dole-food-precedent dole-food-v-patrickson foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity instrumentality-status jurisdiction jurisdictional-determination standing |
Whether a defendant's status as an instrumentality of a foreign state under 28 U.S.C. § 1603(b)(2) "is determined at the time of the filing of the com… |
| 23-390 |
Arun Kumar Bhattacharya v. State Bank of India |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-13 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split commercial-activity-exception direct-effects-clause foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation u.s.-jurisdictional-requirements |
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… |
| 23-237 |
Winfred Wairimu Wamai, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Adam Titus Wamai, et al. v. Industrial Bank of Korea |
Second Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure embassy-bombing foreign-sovereign-immunities-act forum-non-conveniens international-litigation judgment-enforcement separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation u.s.-resident-plaintiffs |
1. Whether the choice of a U.S. forum by U.S.-resident
plaintiffs is entitled to "less deference" under the doctrine
of forum non conveniens , rathe… |
| 23A165 |
Arun Kumar Bhattacharya v. State Bank of India |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-08-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split commercial-activity-exception direct-effect foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act sovereign-immunity |
Question not identified. |
| 23-140 |
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al. v. OI European Group B.V., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
alter-ego alter-ego-doctrine derecognition executive-authority executive-recognition foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act pdvsa property-attachment state-instrumentality |
1. Whether a court may assess the FSIA immunity of a "foreign state" and its instrumentalities from jurisdiction, and the immunity of their property f… |
| 22-463 |
Aenergy, S.A., et al. v. Republic of Angola, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure federal-courts foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity forum-non-conveniens jurisdiction jurisdictional-exception sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in suits against foreign sovereign defendants under the FSIA, courts may dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds when a statutory exception t… |
| 22-5081 |
Palani Karupaiyan, et al. v. Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-07-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
11th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-procedure foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-challenge racial-discrimination sovereign-immunity standing |
a)When USCA does not have jurisdiction to Constitutional challenges, US Supreme Court has (Original) Jurisdiction for the [following] reliefs petition… |
| 21-1574 |
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Europe v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
District of Columbia |
2022-06-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
central-authority civil-procedure default-judgment foreign-sovereign-immunities-act hague-service-convention service-of-process treaty-interpretation |
Whether a District Court deciding a motion for default judgment may find service upon a foreign State pursuant to Article 15 of the Hague Service Conv… |
| 21-1338 |
NSO Group Technologies Limited, et al. v. WhatsApp Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-08 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) |
agent-entities agents-for-foreign-governments common-law-immunity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act government-contractors judicial-immunity legal-precedent private-entities samantar solicitor-general |
Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act entirely displaces common-law immunity for entities, such that private entities that act as agents for fo… |
| 21-1108 |
Enron Nigeria Power Holding, Limited v. United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration burden-of-proof civil-procedure commercial-activity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law legal-immunity yacht-sale |
1. Whether a foreign state that makes a legal claim to a yacht, participates extensively in the sale of the yacht, and stands to benefit financially f… |
| 21-1013 |
Republic of Turkey v. Lusik Usoyan, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
burden-of-proof discretionary-function-rule foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act policy-analysis policy-prong presidential-protection presidential-security-detail state-visit-security use-of-force |
1. Whether the Discretionary Function Rule within
the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C.
§ 1605(a)(5)(A)—which preserves foreign sovereign
im… |
| 21-995 |
Budha Jam, et al. v. International Finance Corporation |
District of Columbia |
2022-01-13 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
civil-procedure commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-organization international-organizations jurisdictional-exception sovereign-immunity standing treaty-interpretation waiver-of-immunity |
1. Whether the commercial activity exception to immunity allows suit where the alleged acts of the defendant that give rise to its liability constitut… |
| 21-685 |
Alexander Khochinsky v. Republic of Poland |
District of Columbia |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bad-faith bad-faith-litigation civil-rights diplomatic-immunity extradition foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity personal-property religion-ethnicity sovereign-immunity |
Whether a foreign state that seeks to resolve title to moveable personal property because it is owned by an individual of a particular religion or eth… |
| 21-448 |
France.com, Inc. v. The French Republic, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-23 |
Denied |
|
appellate-interpretation circuit-court claim-analysis commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception distinct-claims foreign-sovereign-immunities-act gravamen legal-misapplication lower-federal-courts obb-personenverkeher-v-sachs |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and other lower federal courts have misapplied this Court's decision in OBB Personen… |
| 20-1566 |
David Cassirer, et al. v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-11 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
adverse-possession choice-of-law circuit-split federal-common-law foreign-sovereign-immunities-act state-law stolen-property substantive-law |
Whether a federal court hearing state law claims brought under the FSIA must apply the forum state's choice-of-law rules to determine what substantive… |
| 20-1547 |
Broidy Capital Management, LLC, et al. v. State of Qatar |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights civil-rights-violations criminal-law criminal-violations discretionary-act-exclusion foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law jurisdiction |
Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's discretionary act exclusion bars the exercise of jurisdiction over claims by a U.S. citizen against a f… |
| 20-1454 |
Vekuii Rukoro, et al. v. Federal Republic of Germany |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act gravamen international-law property-rights second-circuit sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation takings-exception |
Question not identified. |
| 20-640 |
The Welsh Government v. Pablo Star Ltd., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
|
commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception copyright-infringement foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-state international-law jurisdictional-exception political-subdivision tourism-promotion |
Is a political subdivision of a foreign state immune from copyright infringement claims under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's commercial activi… |
| 20-428 |
Horacio Sequeira v. Republic of Nicaragua, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
|
arbitration-clause breach-of-contract choice-of-forum choice-of-law commercial-arbitration commercial-contract contract-validity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdiction jurisdiction-waiver motion-to-dismiss |
Section 1605(a)(1) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA ") provides that a foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of U.S. C… |
| 20-307 |
Shahrokh Mireskandari v. Barrington Mayne, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
common-law-immunity foreign-agents foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity governmental-organ jurisdictional-immunity sovereign-immunity state-department tort-liability tortious-conduct uk-government |
1. Whether the LSE and SRA are entitled to sovereign immunity as "organs" of a foreign government under the FSIA and the relevant test for such determ… |
| 20-117 |
Jairo Sequeira v. Republic of Nicaragua, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
contract-validity direct-effect direct-effect-doctrine explicit-waiver foreign-law foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdiction jurisdiction-waiver property-rights |
1. Whether 1605(a)(1) of the FSIA waiver exception requires courts to determine jurisdiction based on whether or not a contract contains an explicit w… |
| 20-84 |
Teresita A. Canuto v. Troy Alexander, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-07-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
acting-official civil-procedure due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act immunity-doctrine individual-liability jurisdictional-challenge official-capacity standing statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1604 extends to an individual for acts taken i… |
| 19-1101 |
Canada v. Cynthia L. Merlini |
First Circuit |
2020-03-09 |
Denied |
|
commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception consular-employees consular-employment consular-independence consular-sovereignty employment-conditions employment-terms foreign-sovereign-immunities-act legislative-decision sovereign-immunity state-law workers-compensation |
1. Whether the court of appeals erred in treating Canada's legislative decision to compensate its consular employees for workplace injuries exclusivel… |
| 19-1049 |
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al. v. Crystallex International Corporation |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
|
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 |
1. Whether a judgment-enforcement action against a foreign sovereign and its instrumentality must be predicated on applicable exceptions to the immuni… |
| 18-1447 |
Republic of Hungary, et al. v. Rosalie Simon, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-20 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (7)Relisted (4) |
choice-of-forum comity-interest exhaustion-of-local-remedies exhaustion-of-remedies foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity forum-non-conveniens international-comity naturalized-citizens world-war-ii-property-claims |
1. May the district court abstain from exercising jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for reasons of international comity, where f… |
| 18-1412 |
Lewis-Jay Porter v. Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-state personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
The Court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction for the reasons below.
This Court, and all public offices, is defined under FRCP Rule 46) as… |
| 18-997 |
Oliver Williams, et al. v. The National Gallery, London, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-01-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
expropriation-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law jurisdiction property-rights sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction takings wrongful-possession |
Is a sovereign's, or its instrumentality's, refusal to return property wrongfully held a taking of rights in property in violation of international la… |
| 18-948 |
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena |
District of Columbia |
2019-01-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (4) |
18-usc-3231 28-usc-1330 28-usc-1604 contempt-sanctions criminal-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity fsia jurisdictional-exceptions sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Does the FSIA grant foreign states sovereign immunity from American criminal jurisdiction?
2. Is 28 U.S.C. § 1330(a) the exclusive basis for subje… |
| 18-716 |
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. v. EIG Energy Fund XIV, L.P., et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-12-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split conflict-among-circuits conflict-with-other-courts direct-effect foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-corporate-structure international-investment investment-fund investment-loss judicial-restructuring jurisdictional-challenge overseas-conduct sovereign-instrumentality subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Respondents invested in a Luxembourgian subsidiary, which invested in another Luxembourgian subsidiary, which invested in a Brazilian corporation, whi… |
| 18-652 |
Oussama El Omari v. Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Authority, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
|
amendment-of-complaint breach-of-contract commercial-activity-exception federal-common-law-immunity federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-15(a)(2) foreign-sovereign-immunities-act fraudulent-scheme fraudulent-smear-report fraudulent-smear-scheme government-instrumentality retaliation smear-campaign u.s.-citizen us-citizen us-citizen-employee us-citizen-employment Whether federal common law immunizes a foreign rul Whether leave to amend the complaint should have b |
I. Whether the commercial activity exception to
the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C.
§ 1605(a)(2), applies to an otherwise immuneforeign go… |
| 18-581 |
Argentine Republic v. Petersen Energia Inversora S.A.U., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
CVSGRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception expropriation foreign-policy foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law legal-exception sovereign-act sovereign-immunity |
Whether the "commercial activity" exception to sovereign immunity in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2), is inapplicable to … |
| 18-575 |
YPF S.A. v. Petersen Energia Inversora S.A.U., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-01 |
Denied |
CVSGRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception expropriation federal-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-challenge legal-exception sovereign-immunity |
Whether the "commercial activity" exception to sovereign immunity in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(2), is inapplicable to su… |
| 18-544 |
Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Defense, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1604 28-usc-1605 acting-official foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity foreign-state government-liability individual-capacity individual-liability official-capacity service-of-process sovereign-immunity state-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1604 extends to an individual for acts taken in t… |
| 18-19 |
Republic of Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration, et al. v. BAE Systems Solution & Services, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
|
arms-export-control-act civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-15 contract-law foreign-military-sales foreign-sovereign-immunities-act national-security sovereign-immunity united-states-contractors |
1. Whether the court of appeals' blanket
invalidation of contracts between United States
contractors and foreign governments that relate to
contemplat… |