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FRANQUI et al v. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC et al

REPLY to opposition to motion re MOTION to Dismiss

36 Cited authorities

  1. Williams v. Taylor

    529 U.S. 420 (2000)   Cited 2,345 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that several “omissions as a whole disclose the need for an evidentiary hearing”

  2. 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”

  3. United States v. Kubrick

    444 U.S. 111 (1979)   Cited 2,587 times
    Holding that claim under Federal Tort Claims Act accrued when plaintiff possessed "critical facts that he has been hurt and who has inflicted the injury," and rejecting argument that "plaintiff's ignorance of his legal rights" deferred accrual

  4. Ali v. Fed. Bureau of Prisons

    552 U.S. 214 (2008)   Cited 752 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding a Bureau of Prisons guard is a "law enforcement officer" under the Federal Tort Claims Act

  5. 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

  6. Kaiser Aluminum Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno

    494 U.S. 827 (1990)   Cited 856 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "plain language" of the newly enacted federal post-judgment interest statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1961, which requires that interest "`be calculated from the date of the entry of the judgment,'" "evidences clear congressional intent that [the provision] is not applicable to judgments entered before its effective date."

  7. Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson

    538 U.S. 468 (2003)   Cited 517 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

  8. Kosiel v. Arrow Liquors Corporation

    549 N.W.2d 343 (Mich. 1996)   Cited 2,309 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Stating standard of proof in criminal cases

  9. Verlinden B. V. v. Central Bank of Nigeria

    461 U.S. 480 (1983)   Cited 867 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the FSIA creates federal question jurisdiction

  10. Republic of Austria v. Altmann

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

  11. 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

  12. 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

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

    28 U.S.C. § 1604   Cited 1,108 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Granting immunity to foreign states, their agencies, and their instrumentalities