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Case of the Day: Moriarty v. Jordan
The case of the day is Moriarty v. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (D.D.C. 2024). In 2016, a Jordanian soldier, Ma’arek Al-Tawayha, known as Abu Tayeh, shot and killed three American soldiers stationed at Jordan’s King Faisal Airbase. Abu Tayeh was convicted of manslaughter and military offenses in Jordan and is serving a life sentence there.…
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Case of the Day: CPI Card Group v. Smart Packaging Solutions SA
The case of the day is CPI Card Group v. Smart Packaging Solutions SA (N.D. Ind. 2022). CPI sued Smart Packaging, a French company, in Indiana state court for breach of contract. It served process by serving the summons on the Indiana Secretary of State. Apparently, Indiana law provides that persons who cannot be served…
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Case of the Day: China National Chartering v. Pactrans Air & Sea
The case of the day is China National Chartering Corp. v. Pactrans Air & Sea Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2012). In 2006, Pactrans, a freight forwarder with its main offices in Illinois and branch offices in China, chartered the M/V Sanko Rally from China National to transport a cargo of gypsum board from China to Florida…
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Case of the Day: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. v. Holloway Motor Cars of Manchester
The case of the day is Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. v. Holloway Motor Cars of Manchester, LLC (N.H. 2014). Several automobile dealers, including Holloway, filed a protest with the New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Industry Board, alleging that Mahindra & Mahindra, a car manufacturer in Mumbai, had violated a New Hampshire statute by wrongfully terminating an…