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Case of the Day: Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust
The case of the day is Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust (S. Ct. 2016). I’m sorry, readers who are looking for service of process or 1782 cases—you’ll have to stick it out for one more day of Puerto Rico coverage. By way of explanation, I take a particular interest in Puerto Rico status…
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Case of the Day: Ambritz Trading Corp. v. URALSIB Financial Corp.
The case of the day is Ambritz Trading Corp. v. URALSIB Financial Corp. (S.D.N.Y. 2011). Figuring out the players takes a bit of work. The main plaintiff was Ambritz, a Seychelles corporation with its principal place of business in Russia. The defendants were OJSC Financial Corporation URALSIB, a Russian holding company, and several of its…
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Case of the Day XCentric Ventures, LLC v. Karsen, Ltd.
The case of the day, XCentric Ventures, LLC v. Karsen, Ltd. (D. Ariz. 2011), is another example of a plaintiff’s ex parte motion to approve its efforts to serve process on the defendants. As I have previously commented, I question whether these kinds of motions are justiciable—why should the court give what is essentially an…
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Case of the Day: DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration
The case of the day is DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A. (5th Cir. 2015). This is the appeal of the case of the day from September 4, 2014. I won’t repeat the facts from the prior post: the question in the case was whether a Moroccan judgment should be recognized, and in particular whether…