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Allen et al v. Russian Federation et al

MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint

48 Cited authorities

  1. Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping

    488 U.S. 428 (1989)   Cited 903 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 barred ATS suits against foreign governments

  2. Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson

    538 U.S. 468 (2003)   Cited 520 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a now-private corporation could not assert sovereign immunity in a suit involving events that occurred when the entity was owned by a foreign sovereign

  3. Saudi Arabia v. Nelson

    507 U.S. 349 (1993)   Cited 650 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Saudi government's wrongful arrest, imprisonment, and torture of plaintiff were sovereign not commercial activities

  4. Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc.

    504 U.S. 607 (1992)   Cited 651 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Argentina's issuance of bonds constitutes a commercial activity within the meaning of the FSIA

  5. Republic of Austria v. Altmann

    541 U.S. 677 (2004)   Cited 324 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that FSIA can be retroactive in application

  6. Barr v. Matteo

    360 U.S. 564 (1959)   Cited 1,058 times
    Holding — prior to enactment of Westfall Act — executive officers enjoyed absolute immunity from liability for damages under common law of defamation if they acted within "outer perimeter" of their authority

  7. Phoenix Consulting Inc. v. Republic of Angola

    216 F.3d 36 (D.C. Cir. 2000)   Cited 279 times
    Holding that the district court "must give the plaintiff ample opportunity to secure and present evidence relevant to the existence of jurisdiction"

  8. Jungquist v. Sheikh Sultan

    115 F.3d 1020 (D.C. Cir. 1997)   Cited 160 times
    Holding that officials' actions in administering a government health program were "uniquely sovereign in nature" despite "relat[ing] in certain respects to commercial activity"

  9. Princz v. Federal Republic of Germany

    26 F.3d 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1994)   Cited 145 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiff could not recover for slave labor performed at Nazi concentration camps, because Germany's conduct was not commercial activity causing a "direct effect in the United States" and did not constitute an implied waiver of sovereign immunity

  10. World Wide Minerals v. Rep. of Kazakhstan

    296 F.3d 1154 (D.C. Cir. 2002)   Cited 112 times
    Holding that contractual waivers are narrowly construed and that RICO claims not related to the contract are not considered to fall within the immunity waiver

  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 348,148 times   927 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Section 1605 - General exceptions to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state

    28 U.S.C. § 1605   Cited 1,905 times   47 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991

  13. Section 1602 - Findings and declaration of purpose

    28 U.S.C. § 1602   Cited 1,444 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth Congressional findings and the purposes of FSIA

  14. Section 1603 - Definitions

    28 U.S.C. § 1603   Cited 1,358 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that a "majority" of "shares or other ownership interest" be "owned" by the foreign state or its political subdivision

  15. Section 1604 - Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction

    28 U.S.C. § 1604   Cited 1,117 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Granting immunity to foreign states, their agencies, and their instrumentalities