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PATEL et al v. THE SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA et al

MOTION for Summary Judgment

9 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. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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"

  6. 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

  7. 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

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

    28 U.S.C. § 1604   Cited 1,119 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Granting immunity to foreign states, their agencies, and their instrumentalities

  9. Section 2371 - Prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international terrorism

    22 U.S.C. § 2371   Cited 56 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