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Case of the Day: Dion v. Rieser
The case of the day is Dion v. Rieser (N.M. Ct. App. 2012). Richard Rieser died intestate in 2007. He was unmarried and had no children, and he owned property both in New Mexico and in Australia. He was survived by his partner, Margaret Anne Dion; the two had lived together at various times in……
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Some Thoughts On the Belfast Project in the Supreme Court
Many readers have asked me what I think will happen in the Belfast Project case now that it is on the doorstep of the Supreme Court. The short answer is: “I don’t know.” I and others can make educated or not-so-educated guesses, but in the end, anyone who says he knows what will happen doesn’t……
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Case of the Day: Amaprop Ltd. v. Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd.
The case of the day is Amaprop Ltd. v. Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2012). The underlying dispute is probably very complicated and in any case not really relevant for Letters Blogatory purposes. Suffice it to say that Amaprop and Indiabulls had arbitrated a dispute, that the award was in favor of Amaprop in the……
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Case of the Day: Application of Auto-Guadeloupe Investissement
The case of the day is Application of Auto-Guadeloupe Investissement S.A. (S.D.N.Y. 2012). Auto-Guadeloupe is a French corporation with its offices in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France. Leucadia is a publicly traded holding company with its offices in New York. The two companies agreed to create a joint venture called Global Caribbean Fiber……
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Case of the Day: SB v. WA
The Case of the Day is SB v. WA (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2012). The parties were civilly married in New York in 1998. About a month later, they had a religious wedding ceremony in New York and, as part of the ceremony, they signed a mahr agreement, which, under Islamic law, obligates the husband to……