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New French Case On Choice Of Court Agreements
Friend of Letters Blogatory Gilles Cuniberti recently posted on an interesting new decision of the French Cour de cassation on choice of court agreements under Article 23 of the Brussels I regulation. The case involved a dispute between a depositor and her bank. The agreement between the two provided that the depositor could sue the……
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Case of the Day: Russo v. Alonso
The case of the day is Russo v. Alonso (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). Timothy and Annette Russo were involved in a traffic accident in Phoenix. They noted the license plate number on the other vehicle, and the police officer who came to the scene identified the other vehicle as belonging to Jose Arsenio Ramirez Alonso,……
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Case of the Day: J&H International v. Karaca Zucciye Tic. San A.S.
The case of the day is J&H International v. Karaca Zucciye Tic. San A.S. (D.N.J. 2012). J&H had a contract with Karaca Zucciye (known as “KRC”) for the sale of more than $2.6 million of stainless steel cutlery stamped or etched with KRC’s name. J&H was a New Jersey business, but its factory was in……
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Breaking: Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Naranjo
Today the Supreme Court denied Chevron’s petition for a writ of certiorari in Chevron v. Naranjo, the case in which the Second Circuit had vacated Judge Kaplan’s preliminary injunction barring efforts at obtaining recognition and enforcement of the Lago Agrio judgment. The Second Circuit’s decision rested on what I think was a questionable basis, namely,……
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Case of the Day: Burgan Express v. Atwood
The case of the day is Burgan Express for General, Trading & Contracting Co. v. Atwood (S.D. Ohio 2012). The plaintiffs were Burgan Express, a Kuwaiti company, and Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas Hajia Khajah, a Kuwaiti national and the owner of Burgan. The defendants were Wolfpack Security Services, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and Mark Anthony Atwood,……