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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.……
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Case of the Day: In re Crystal Power Co.
I ignore the Letters Blogatory Scope of Coverage today in order to write about In re Crystal Power Co. (5th Cir. 2011) [Initial Decision] [On Rehearing]. Can you blame me? It’s a mandamus case involving removal jurisdiction! H/T to Louis M. Solomon for a pointer to the case. Crystal Power was an El Salvador firm.……
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Case of the Day: Tamimi Global Co. v. Kellogg Brown & Root
Today we revisit the case of the day from April 5, 2011, Tamimi Global Co. v. Kellogg Brown & Root. KBR had a US government contract in Iraq. The case arose when a subcontractor, Tamimi, sought to confirm an arbitral award against KBR for non-payment; KBR’s defense was that the government had not paid what it owed,……