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Case of the Day: Avelar v. J. Cotoia Construction, Inc.
In the case of the day, Avelar v. J. Cotoia Construction, Inc. (E.D.N.Y. 2011), the Permanent Mission to the UN of the People’s Republic of the Congo owned land in Bronxville, New York. It hired J. Cotoia Construction as a demolition contractor, and Cotoia subcontracted with National Waterproofing Systems, LLC, which employed Avelar. Avelar was……
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Case of the Day: Bleier v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland
The case of the day is Bleier v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland (N.D. Ill. 2011). The case is a putative class action. The plaintiffs claim that they are the holders of pre-WWII German bonds, on which Germany ceased making repayments in 1933. The substantive point in the case was whether the court had subject-matter jurisdiction in light……
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Case of the Day: Scheck v. Republic of Argentina revisited
In the case of the day from June 6, 2011, Scheck v. Republic of Argentina, the district court rejected a challenge by Argentina to service of process in an action to enforce a German judgment brought by unhappy investors in Argentina’s German bonds. Today’s case of the day brings the case to a conclusion (maybe).……
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Case of the Day: Agudas Chasidei Chabad v. Russian Federation
The Case of the Day is Agudas Chasidei Chabad of the United States v. Russian Federation (D.D.C. 2011). Chabad, a Hasidic Jewish organization, was “the incorporated entity and successor to a worldwide organization of Jewish religious communities having origins in Eastern Europe and Russia.” During the first half of the twentieth century, the Hasidic movement……
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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……