OPATI v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, 590 U.S. ___ (2020)

Issues: Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)

140 S.Ct. 1601 (2020) Monicah Okoba OPATI, in Her Own Right, and as Executrix of the Estate of Caroline Setla Opati, Deceased, et al., Petitioners, v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, et al. No. 17-1268.Supreme Court of United States.Argued February 24, 2020.Decided May 18, 2020.On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the […]

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REPUBLIC OF SUDAN v. HARRISON, 587 U.S. ___ (2019)

Issues: Civil Procedure, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), Service of Process

REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, Petitioner, v. RICK HARRISON, ET AL. No. 16-1094.Supreme Court of the United States. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. Argued November 7, 2018.Decided March 26, 2019.Christopher M. Curran, White & Case LLP, Attorney for Petitioner, Republic of Sudan. Andrew C. Hall, Hall Lamb […]

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RUBIN v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, 583 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)

NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary […]

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OBB PERSONENVERKEHR AG v. SACHS, 577 U.S. ___ (2015)

Issues: Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)

Supreme Court of United States. OBB PERSONENVERKEHR AG, Petitioner, v. Carol P. SACHS. 136 S. Ct. 390 (2016) No. 13-1067.Argued October 5, 2015.Decided December 1, 2015. Counsel *392 Juan C. Basombrio, Costa Mesa, CA, for Petitioner. Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, CA, for Respondent. Edwin S. Kneedler for the United States as amicus curiae, by special […]

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