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Case of the Day: Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran
The Case of the Day is Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran (7th Cir. 2011). A hat tip to Louis M. Solomon for posting about the case. The facts of the case involve two spheres I would have thought were impossible to link: Hamas terrorism and some of the great Persian art collections in the……
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Case of the Day: Scheck v. Republic of Argentina
The case of the day is Scheck v. Republic of Argentina (S.D.N.Y. 2011). Scheck had a German judgment against Argentina arising out of Argentina’ default on its German bonds. Scheck sought recognition and enforcement of the judgment in New York. (Why was the case in federal court? Although actions to enforce foreign judgments arise under……
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Case of the Day: Vitol S.A. v. Capri Marine, Ltd.
The case of the day is Vitol S.A. v. Capri Marine Ltd. (D. Md. 2010), an action to enforce an English judgment. In 2000, the vessel Alambra was involved in a “marine pollution incident” in Estonian waters. Capri owned the Alambra, and Vitol had chartered the vessel. After the incident, Vitol sued Capri in the……
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Case of the Day: Derrevere v. Mirabella Foundation
The Case of the Day is Jon D. Derrevere, P.A. v. Mirabella Foundation (M.D. Fla. 2011). Derrevere was Mirabella’s lawyer. He had represented Mirabella, apparently a Panamanian entitiy, in Naseer v. Mirabella Foundation, in which Mirabella was accused of a fraudulent transfer of real estate. Although Panama is a party to the Inter-American Convention on……
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Case of the Day: In re Chevron Corp.
The Third Circuit returns to Lago Agrio in today’s case of the day, In re Chevron Corp. (3d Cir. 2011); previously the court had approved Chevron’s request for judicial assistance to obtain discovery from UBR, a New Jersey environmental firm that the Ecuadorian plaintiffs had hired in the underlying case. Our previous coverage of the case is here.……