jurisdiction-waiver
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24A445 | Timothy L. Blixseth v. Montana Department of Revenue | Ninth Circuit | 2024-11-04 | Presumed Complete | bankruptcy-code damages-claim eleventh-amendment involuntary-petition jurisdiction-waiver sovereign-immunity | 1. The vast majority of cases under the Bankruptcy Code are commenced voluntarily by the debtor. However, Section 303 of the Bankruptcy Code alternati… | |
| 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… | |
| 20-117 | 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… |