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LEO v. AL NASER et al

MEMORANDUM re MOTION for Reconsideration re Order on Motion to Dismiss,

46 Cited authorities

  1. United States v. Gaubert

    499 U.S. 315 (1991)   Cited 2,380 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the discretionary function exception only protects actions “grounded in the policy of the regulatory regime”

  2. Saudi Arabia v. Nelson

    507 U.S. 349 (1993)   Cited 646 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Saudi government's wrongful arrest, imprisonment, and torture of plaintiff were sovereign not commercial activities

  3. Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc.

    504 U.S. 607 (1992)   Cited 648 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Argentina's issuance of bonds constitutes a commercial activity within the meaning of the FSIA

  4. Jerome Stevens Pharm v. Food Drug Admin

    402 F.3d 1249 (D.C. Cir. 2005)   Cited 1,034 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts may look beyond pleadings in the complaint to ascertain their own jurisdiction

  5. First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior de Cuba

    462 U.S. 611 (1983)   Cited 544 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the instrumentality was the alter ego of the sovereign, and refusing to give effect to the instrumentality's separate juridical status

  6. Block v. Neal

    460 U.S. 289 (1983)   Cited 294 times
    Holding that the plaintiff's "Good Samaritan" claim that defects in a house were partly attributable to the Farmers Home Administration's failure to inspect the house properly during construction did not fall within the misrepresentation exception, even though a different negligence theory focusing on the plaintiff's reliance on the Administration's inspection reports might have fallen within that exception

  7. Richardson v. U.S.

    193 F.3d 545 (D.C. Cir. 1999)   Cited 424 times
    Holding that District Court abused its discretion when "failing to consider [ pro se plaintiff's] complaint in light of his reply to the motion to dismiss"

  8. Caribbean Broadcasting System, Ltd. v. Cable & Wireless PLC

    148 F.3d 1080 (D.C. Cir. 1998)   Cited 350 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the prolonged nature of a case does not itself affect whether the plaintiff may amend its complaint," and that "artless drafting of a complaint should not allow for the artful dodging of a claim"

  9. Halberstam v. Welch

    705 F.2d 472 (D.C. Cir. 1983)   Cited 515 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding the defendant must have "knowingly and substantially assist[ed] the principal violation"

  10. Phoenix Consulting Inc. v. Republic of Angola

    216 F.3d 36 (D.C. Cir. 2000)   Cited 276 times
    Holding that the district court "must give the plaintiff ample opportunity to secure and present evidence relevant to the existence of jurisdiction"

  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 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

  13. Section 1590 - Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor

    18 U.S.C. § 1590   Cited 219 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting "transport[ing] ... any person for labor or services in violation of this chapter"