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Case of the Day: Cunningham v. Cunningham
I’m happy to welcome a new guest-poster and fellow blogger, Nathan Park of Kobre Kim, who brings us a short discussion of Cunningham v. Cunningham (M.D. Fla. 2017). Welcome, Nathan! Summary This case follows a proceeding in which plaintiff ex-wife sued the defendants ex-husband and his current wife, in order to secure return of the……
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Case of the Day: Cerner Middle East v. Al-Dhaheri
The case of the day is Cerner Middle East Ltd. v. Al-Dhaheri (D. Mass. 2017). Cerner was a Cayman Islands company with its offices in Missouri. Ahmed Dhaheri was a UAE citizen living in Abu Dhabi. He was one of the two members of iCapital LLC, a UAE company. In 2008, iCapital made a contract……
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Water Splash: Reaction to the Oral Argument
Here is the transcript of the oral argument in the Water Splash case. Nothing in the transcript makes me want to revise the view I gave earlier this week about the likely outcome of the case. It still seems likely to me that the case will come out in the petitioner’s favor, and my best……
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Case of the Day: Nanko Shipping v. Alcoa
The case of the day is Nanko Shipping, USA v. Alcoa, Inc. (D.C. Cir. 2017). It’s our second FSIA-themed case from the DC Circuit in two days, and it’s the appeal from the case of the day in June 2015. Here was my description of the facts:
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Water Splash: My Prediction
Okay, one last thought on the Water Splash case, which is being argued tomorrow. My skill at prediction has proved poor again this year during the NCAA tournament, but maybe I can do a little better in predicting the outcome of this case. After all, there are at most nine possible vote totals in the……