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CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON et al v. GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA et al

Memorandum in opposition to re MOTION to Dismiss

72 Cited authorities

  1. Duncan v. Walker

    533 U.S. 167 (2001)   Cited 5,469 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the statute of limitations is not tolled during the pendancy of a federal petition

  2. Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain

    542 U.S. 692 (2004)   Cited 1,167 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no "private cause of action" had been Congressionally authorized, and thus, plaintiff was "not entitled to a remedy"

  3. TRW Inc. v. Andrews

    534 U.S. 19 (2001)   Cited 1,185 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding a cardinal principal of statutory interpretation is that “no clause, sentence, or word shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant”

  4. Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping

    488 U.S. 428 (1989)   Cited 901 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 barred ATS suits against foreign governments

  5. Gillespie v. U.S. Steel Corp.

    379 U.S. 148 (1964)   Cited 2,028 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Jones Act remedy against a deceased seaman's employer precludes recovery under state wrongful death statutes

  6. Republic of Austria v. Altmann

    541 U.S. 677 (2004)   Cited 321 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that FSIA can be retroactive in application

  7. Burnett v. N.Y. Cent. R. Co.

    380 U.S. 424 (1965)   Cited 1,017 times
    Holding that an action filed in an improper venue tolled the FELA statute of limitations, and noting that "venue objections may be waived by the defendant"

  8. Moragne v. States Marine Lines

    398 U.S. 375 (1970)   Cited 815 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Jones Act and DOHSA support a wrongful death claim under general maritime law

  9. Peyton v. Rowe

    391 U.S. 54 (1968)   Cited 820 times
    Holding that "a prisoner serving consecutive sentences is 'in custody' under any one of them"

  10. U.S. v. Yousef

    327 F.3d 56 (2d Cir. 2003)   Cited 820 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a U.S. nexus must be demonstrated for a federal criminal statute to apply extraterritorially, but not reaching the vessel registry issue because it was not presented

  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 345,715 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Rule 17 - Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 17   Cited 9,146 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Providing that, for this type of entity, "[c]apacity to sue or be sued is determined . . . by the law of the state where the court is located"

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

    28 U.S.C. § 1605   Cited 1,896 times   47 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991

  14. Section 1602 - Findings and declaration of purpose

    28 U.S.C. § 1602   Cited 1,439 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth Congressional findings and the purposes of FSIA

  15. Section 1603 - Definitions

    28 U.S.C. § 1603   Cited 1,353 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that a "majority" of "shares or other ownership interest" be "owned" by the foreign state or its political subdivision

  16. Section 1350 - Alien's action for tort

    28 U.S.C. § 1350   Cited 1,163 times   64 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts jurisdiction over "any civil action . . . for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations"

  17. Section 1608 - Service; time to answer; default

    28 U.S.C. § 1608   Cited 905 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing service "through diplomatic channels"

  18. Section 2339A - Providing material support to terrorists

    18 U.S.C. § 2339A   Cited 486 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Defining “ ‘material support or resources' ” as “any property, tangible or intangible ”

  19. Section 2333 - Civil remedies

    18 U.S.C. § 2333   Cited 460 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Granting any ATA claimant the right to sue "in any appropriate district court of the United States"

  20. Section 1606 - Extent of liability

    28 U.S.C. § 1606   Cited 243 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting award of punitive damages against foreign state