439 U.S. 322 (1979) Cited 4,231 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that district courts have discretion to refuse to apply offensive non-mutual collateral estoppel against a defendant if such an application of the doctrine would be unfair
552 U.S. 491 (2008) Cited 486 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that President George W. Bush's memorandum in response to an international court's decision was "not a rule of domestic law binding in state and federal courts"
Holding that the act of state doctrine bars courts from considering claims for false arrest when the actions were conducted by military personnel in service to the government
Holding that party judicially estopped from arguing that a specific international tribunal was not subject to discovery statute, where party had repeatedly argued same tribunal was subject to same statute before other courts
28 U.S.C. § 636 Cited 498,671 times 39 Legal Analyses
Holding that when a party fails to object to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, our review of the district court's resulting decision is for plain error so long as the party "has been served with notice that [this consequence] will result from a failure to object"
28 U.S.C. § 1782 Cited 2,076 times 247 Legal Analyses
In § 1782, Congress has expressly authorized federal courts to order discovery from domestic persons in aid of foreign proceedings like the ongoing Polish prosecution.