Comments on: Case of the Day: Chabad v. Russian Federation https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/01/30/chabad-russian-federation/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Mon, 02 Dec 2024 02:28:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Case of the Day: Hardy Exploration v. India | Letters Blogatory | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/01/30/chabad-russian-federation/#comment-1065 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:01:25 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=12309#comment-1065 […] arbitral awards) in which courts have ordered foreign sovereigns to do some act. It noted the Chabad case, in which the court ordered the Russian government to turn over archival material and artifacts, […]

]]> By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/01/30/chabad-russian-federation/#comment-1064 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 20:43:30 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=12309#comment-1064 In reply to David Sternlight.

Thanks for the background, David!

]]> By: David Sternlight https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/01/30/chabad-russian-federation/#comment-1063 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:45:02 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=12309#comment-1063 Not mentioned in any of the various posts is that Chabad first sued in the Russian Courts in Moscow, and won every decision and appeal all the way to the Supreme Commercial Court, only to be thwarted by the politicians. Also not mentioned is that several Russian Presidents promised US Presidents the books would be returned to Chabad HQ in the US, only to go back on their word. It was only after all this, as a last resort, that Chabad sued in US courts. At the start Russia argued the US courts had no jurisdiction. They lost that argument (as was proper under US law when a Foreign State engages in commercial activity in the US, as was proven). The Russians then picked up their marbles and went home, rather than continue in US court—kinda like little kids that lost an argument. The US federal court then found for Chabad.

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