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Case of the Day: United States v. Goodyke
The Case of the Day, United States v. Goodyke (8th Cir. 2011), involves the misuse of an apostille. Goodyke and Robinson held unusual views about the government. They sold fraudulent “diplomatic immunity cards” to like-minded people, telling the buyers that the cards would allow them “to avoid paying taxes, and would entitle them to immunity from……
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Case of the Day: Murphy v. Islamic Republic of Iran
The Case of the Day is Murphy v. Islamic Republic of Iran (D.D.C. 2011). The claims arose out of the bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut in 1983. The plaintiffs sued Iran and the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security and invoked 28 U.S.C. § 1605A, the provision of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act that……
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Greatest Hits: January to April 2011
It’s been nearly four months since the launch of Letters Blogatory, and I decided to take a look at the aggregate statistics for the blog—which Cases of the Day have attracted the most attention? It turns out there are four cases that have gotten the most attention, by which I mean that their page views……
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Case of the Day: Chamberlain v. Integraclick, Inc.
The case of the day, Chamberlain v. Integraclick, Inc. (N.D. Fla. 2011), involves an attempt to serve process on a Canadian defendant. I am not a fan of the reasoning in this case. Chamberlain, Newcomer, and Adler, on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated, sued 1021018 Alberta Ltd., d/b/a Just Think Media, an Alberta corporation, and……
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Case of the Day: Sanchez v. Lord
HT to Antonin I. Pribetic for his post on the case of the day, Sanchez v. Lord (Mo. Ct. App. 2011), the first case of the day applying the SPEECH Act. Our previous coverage of the Act, which provides a rule of non-recognition for foreign defamation judgments that do not comply with U.S. constitutional law,……