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Case of the Day: Castro v. Tri-Marine Fish
The case of the day is Castro v. Tri-Marine Fish Co. (9th Cir. 2019). Michael Castro, a national of the Philippines who lived in American Samoa, was a deck hand aboard the F/V Captain Vincent Gann. He was seriously injured during the voyage. Tri-Marine transported him to the Philippines and paid his medical expenses and……
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Case of the Day: In re JR
The case of the day is In re JR (Tex. Ct. App. 2019). The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services sought to terminate the parental rights of a father over his child in Texas. The father resided in Mexico. His address was unknown, so the court authorized “service by posting,” which is what Texas……
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Case of the Day: Barer v. Knight Brothers
The case of the day is Barer v. Knight Brothers LLC, 2019 SCC 13. Knight Brothers, a Utah company, sued David Barer, who resided in Quebec, and two companies, CBC and BEC, that Barer allegedly controlled. The claim was that BEC had breached a contract with Knight and that Barer was liable for fraudulent misrepresentation……
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Case of the Day: Jam v. International Finance Corp.
The case of the day is Jam v. International Finance Corp. (S. Ct. 2019). I wrote about the lower court decision back in June 2017. The claim was that the IFC, an international organization headquartered in Washington, had made loans to an Indian power company for construction of a coal-fired power plant in Gujarat, but……
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Case of the Day: In re Request for International Judicial Assistance from the Court of First Instance of Macau
The case of the day is In re Request for International Judicial Assistance from the Court of First Instance of the Special Administrative Region of Macau, 2nd Civil Court (N.D. Cal. 2019). A court in Macau made a request to the US Central Authority under the Hague Evidence Convention, seeking aid in obtaining answers to……