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Case of the Day: Kinyua v. Sudan
The case of the day is Kinyua v. Republic of Sudan (D.D.C. 2018). The case arose out of the bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Since 2001, victims and their families had been suing Iran and Sudan, state sponsors of the terrorist attacks, under the FSIA’s state-sponsored terrorism exception to……
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Case of the Day: Green v. First Liberty
The case of the day is Green v. First Liberty Ins. Corp. (E.D.N.Y. 2018). Nefeteri Green was driving in New York City when his car was hit by a car driven by Marco Suazo. Suazo’s car was owned by Monaco and registered to Isabelle Picco, Monaco’s representative to the United Nations. Green alleged that Suazo……
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Case of the Day: Alimanestianu v. United States
The case of the day is Alimanestianu v. United States (Fed. Cir. 2018). I have written about the case twice before, first on the decision on the motion to dismiss in December 2015, then on the decision on the motion for summary judgment in January 2017. Here was my description from the prior post:
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Quick Thoughts on the DNC’s Lawsuit Against the Trump Campaign, Russia, and Wikileaks
The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit against Russia, Wikileaks, President Trump’s campaign, and others in New York. The complaint features many of the claims we have been reading in the news about the hacking of the DNC’s emails, their publication on Wikileaks, the Trump campaign’s participation, and so forth. My views on President……
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Case of the Day: Maalouf v. Iran
The case of the day is Maalouf v. Islamic Republic of Iran (D.D.C. 2018). The case arose out of the Beirut embassy bombings in the 1980s. Some plaintiffs brought claims against Iran in the early 2000s, and the courts held that Iran was not immune from suit in light of the terrorism exception to foreign……