11 Cited authorities

  1. Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc.

    504 U.S. 607 (1992)   Cited 651 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Argentina's issuance of bonds constitutes a commercial activity within the meaning of the FSIA
  2. 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
  3. Texas Trading v. Federal Republic

    647 F.2d 300 (2d Cir. 1981)   Cited 280 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that under the FSIA, personal jurisdiction equals subject matter jurisdiction plus valid service of process
  4. JSC Foreign Economic Ass'n Technostroyex-Port v. International Development & Trade Services, Inc.

    295 F. Supp. 2d 366 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)   Cited 83 times
    Holding that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged a basis for piercing the corporate veil when the complaint stated that the defendants "exercised . . . complete domination to abuse the corporate form in a manner that resulted in injury to the plaintiff, namely by using assets for personal rather than corporate purposes and by placing assets beyond the reach of creditors" (record citation omitted)
  5. McKesson Corp. v. Islamic Republic of Iran

    52 F.3d 346 (D.C. Cir. 1995)   Cited 50 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding the presumption of separateness overcome where Iran controlled routine business decisions, such as declaring and paying dividends and honoring contracts
  6. Cargill, Inc. v. Sabine Trading Shipping Co.

    756 F.2d 224 (2d Cir. 1985)   Cited 37 times
    Holding that New York law permitting a limited appearance applies in a federal court diversity action
  7. Kalamazoo Spice Ext. v. Provisional Mil.

    616 F. Supp. 660 (W.D. Mich. 1985)   Cited 21 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding day-to-day control where the government required that all checks above a certain amount be signed by a government official, governmental agency was required to approve all invoices for shipment, and the government generally exercised direct control over the instrumentality's operations
  8. USA Auto Funding, LLC v. Washington Mut., Inc.

    2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 51010 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2006)

    16440/05. Decided March 30, 2006. Moritt, Hock, Hamroff Horowick, Attorney for Plaintiff, Garden City, NY. Washington Mutual, Inc., Garden City, NY, Hon. Geoffrey J. O'Connell, (mailing address), Mineola, NY. GEOFFREY J. O'CONNELL, J. Respondent applies to the Court for an order pursuant to CPLR 404 and 3211(7) dismissing the Petition for failure to state a cause of action. Petitioner opposes. Petitioner USA Funding is a judgment creditor on a judgment entered on Oct. 21, 2003 by the Nassau County

  9. Rule 69 - Execution

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 69   Cited 4,002 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Adopting state law for procedures to execute judgments and obtain relevant discovery
  10. Section 1603 - Definitions

    28 U.S.C. § 1603   Cited 1,360 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that a state "includes [its] political subdivision"
  11. Section 1610 - Exceptions to the immunity from attachment or execution

    28 U.S.C. § 1610   Cited 444 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Abrogating attachment immunity of property of a foreign state when the property is “used for commercial activity in the United States”