Constitutional Law
Constitutional Waivers by States and Criminal Defendants
Sovereign Immunity
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Federal Jurisdiction
Patchak v. Zinke
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Sovereign Immunity
Doe v. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
D.C. Circuit Finds Ethiopia Immune in Hacking Suit.
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Foreign Relations Law
de Csepel v. Republic of Hungary
D.C. Circuit Interprets Expropriation Exception to Allow Genocide Victims to Sue Their Own Government.
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Foreign Relations Law
Kirschenbaum v. 650 Fifth Avenue & Related Properties
Second Circuit Holds that the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, but not the FSIA, Allows Recovery Against U.S. Companies Owned by State Sponsors of Terrorism.
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Political Question Doctrine
Political Questions, Public Rights, and Sovereign Immunity
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Statutory Interpretation
Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd.
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) immunizes foreign state property in the United States from…
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International Law (Private)
Too Sovereign to Be Sued: Immunity of Central Banks in Times of Financial Crisis
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Sovereign Immunity
Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain
Ninth Circuit Requires Case-by-Case Prudential Analysis of Exhaustion of Local Remedies in Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Suits.
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International Law
Republic of Iraq v. Beaty