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Case of the Day: Goenechea v. Davidoff
The case of the day is Goenechea v. Davidoff (D. Md. 2016). Juan Miguel Goenechea was a Spanish lawyer. He advised Luis Rullan on the purchase of a summer camp in West Virginia. The purchase of the camp was at issue in Rullan v. Goden, a claim Rullan brought against Jill Goden. Goden’s lawyer, Jonathan……
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Case of the Day: Merial v. Ceva Santé Animale
The case of the day is Merial v. Ceva Santé Animale, S.A. (M.D. Ga. 2016). Merial sued Ceva, a French firm. It attempted to serve process by hiring a private process server to serve Herve Balmes, alleged to be a member of Ceva’s executive committee, in Libourne, France, and by registered mail to Marc Prikazsky,……
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Case of the Day: Chen v. Sun
The case of the day is Chen v. Sun (S.D.N.Y. 2016). Hsin-Cheng Chen sued Kelvin Sun and Jia Liu, seeking recognition and enforcement of a Chinese judgment. The complaint alleged that Chen was a Chinese citizen domiciled in Taiwan, that Sun was an American citizen whose “principal residence” was in New York, and that Liu,……
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Case of the Day: Walton v. Bilisnki
The case of the day is Walton v. Bilinski (E.D. Mo. 2015). The plaintiff, Cody Walton, alleged that he was sexually assaulted by another inmate when he was being held in the Macon County, Missouri jail in pretrial detention. He sued Ryszard Bilinski, a former Macon County deputy sheriff, alleging a constitutional violation because Bilinski,……
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Case of the Day: West v. Rieth
The case of the day is West v. Rieth (E.D. La. 2016). The decision doesn’t explain the nature of the case. The plaintiff, Luke T. West, sought leave under FRCP 4(f)(3) to serve process by alternate means on Peggy Cuevas, who, he claimed, was employed by the US Army Regional Health Command Europe in Germany.……