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SIMPSON et al v. GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA et al

MOTION to Dismiss Duplicative Complaint

8 Cited authorities

  1. Adams v. California Dept

    487 F.3d 684 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 902 times
    Holding that separate federal statutes "establish[ing] distinct rights enforceable by litigants" are not alone sufficient to differentiate prior and later filed actions

  2. Walton v. Eaton Corp.

    563 F.2d 66 (3d Cir. 1977)   Cited 525 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding a plaintiff has "no right to maintain two separate actions involving the same subject matter at the same time in the same court and against the same defendant"

  3. Zerilli v. Evening News Ass'n

    628 F.2d 217 (D.C. Cir. 1980)   Cited 51 times
    Upholding district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claim that duplicated a claim against the same defendant already pending before the district court

  4. Flynn v. State Board of Chiropractic Examiners

    418 F.2d 668 (9th Cir. 1969)   Cited 47 times
    Reviewing preclusive effect of state court adjudication on the merits

  5. Entines v. U.S.

    495 F. Supp. 2d 84 (D.D.C. 2007)   Cited 1 times

    Civil Action No. 06-477 (RMC). July 26, 2007. Prisco E. Enitnes, Los Angeles, CA, Pro se. Jane M. Lyons, United States Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION COLLYER, District Judge. The Plaintiff here, as the survivor or dependent of a Filipino veteran who fought in the Second World War, asks this Court to grant him relief based on the lower wages paid to Philippine service members who fought with U.S. soldiers during the War and the denial of U.S. veteran's benefits

  6. Sutcliffe Storage Warehouse v. United States

    162 F.2d 849 (1st Cir. 1947)   Cited 65 times
    Affirming dismissal of plaintiff's second, third, and fourth suits against the same defendant in the same court, each asserting the same claim but for different periods of time

  7. 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

  8. Section 1605A - Terrorism exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state

    28 U.S.C. § 1605A   Cited 481 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Adopting definition of "material support or resources" found in 18 U.S.C. § 2339A