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Case of the Day: Merlini v. Canada
The case of the day is Merlini v. Canada (1st Cir. 2019). Merlini, an American citizen, was a clerical worker at the Consulate General of Canada in Boston. In 2009, while setting up coffee and tea for a meeting, she tripped and fell over a cord that a fellow worker had failed to secure to……
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Case of the Day: Maalouf v. Iran
The case of the day is Maalouf v. Iran (D.C. Cir. 2019). The cases arose out of the 1983 and 1984 bombings of US diplomatic missions in Beirut by Hizbullah and the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania by Al Qaeda. The Iranian government has been linked to all of the……
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Case of the Day: Pablo Star v. Welsh Government
The case of the day is Pablo Star, Ltd. v. Welsh Government (S.D.N.Y. 2019). The case involves Wales’s great twentieth-century poet, Dylan Thomas. I almost want to make this post about Thomas’s poems, because I think he is so terrific. Start reading this out loud: The force that through the green fuse drives the flower……
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Case of the Day: Valambhia v. Tanzania
The case of the day is Valambhia v. United Republic of Tanzania (D.D.C. 2019). In 1985, the Tanzanian Ministry of Defense contracted with Transport Equipment Ltd. for tanks, troop carriers, and other military equipment. Tanzania paid the amount due under the contract for a few years through the Bank of Tanzania. In 1989, Transport Equipment……
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Case of the Day: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution v. ATS Specialized
The case of the day is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution v. ATS Specialized, Inc. (D. Mass. 2019). WHOI agreed to loan the Deep Sea Challenger, a submarine, to Australian National Maritime Museum. During transit, the submarine caught fire and was damaged. WHOI sued the museum, which is wholly owned by the Australian government, for breach……