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PATEL et al v. THE SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA et al
MOTION for Summary Judgment
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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
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
Price v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
294 F.3d 82 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
Cited 273 times
1 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiffs' allegations of abuse did not amount to the allegations of torture required by § 1605 to survive a motion to dismiss
Phillips v. Heine
984 F.2d 489 (D.C. Cir. 1993)
Cited 33 times
Holding that tolling "gives the plaintiff extra time only if he needs it"; that is, plaintiff obtains a "reasonable" extension
Vine v. Republic of Iraq
459 F. Supp. 2d 10 (D.D.C. 2006)
Cited 13 times
Holding a claim under the FSIA "arises on the date that the action in question occurred"
Section 1605 - General exceptions to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state
28 U.S.C. § 1605
Cited 1,906 times
49 Legal Analyses
Adopting the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991
Section 1602 - Findings and declaration of purpose
28 U.S.C. § 1602
Cited 1,445 times
16 Legal Analyses
Setting forth Congressional findings and the purposes of FSIA
Section 1604 - Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction
28 U.S.C. § 1604
Cited 1,121 times
9 Legal Analyses
Granting immunity to foreign states, their agencies, and their instrumentalities
Section 2371 - Prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international terrorism
22 U.S.C. § 2371
Cited 57 times
6 Legal Analyses
Delegating to the Secretary of State the responsibility for determining whether foreign governments have provided support for acts of international terrorism but leaving the term itself undefined