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Case of the Day: Tobar v. United States
The case of the day is Tobar v. United States, 731 F.3d 938 (9th Cir. 2013). In October 2005, in international waters off the Galapagos Islands, Coast Guard personnel on the USS McClusky, a US Navy frigate, boarded and searched an Ecuadoran fishing boat, the Jostyn, suspected of drug smuggling, and then towed the boat…
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Case of the Day: A.O.A. v. Doe Run Resources Corp.
The case of the day, A.O.A. v. Doe Run Resources Corp. (E.D. Mo. 2011), is a little outside the official Letters Blogatory Scope of Coverage, but I cover it because it concerns two of our recurring themes: aggressive use of the FAA’s statute permitting removal of New York Convention cases, and Latin American toxic torts…
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Case of the Day: Ohno v. Yasuma
The case of the day is Ohno v. Yasuma (9th Cir. 2013). Naoko Ohno was a Japanese national. While working in London, she joined the Saints of Glory Church, and when she returned to Tokyo she continued attending the church’s branch there. Part of the worship services she attended there was a recorded sermon by…