Richmark Corp. v. Timber Falling Consultants
959 F.2d 1468 (9th Cir. 1992) Cited 576 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that an instrumentality of a foreign nation must respond to discovery about its worldwide assets and that it could not use the FSIA to conceal its assets from the district court
EM Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina
695 F.3d 201 (2d Cir. 2012) Cited 288 timesHolding that collateral order doctrine afforded Argentina immediate review of order requiring foreign bank to disclose Argentina's worldwide assets because subsequent appellate review was unavailable and Argentina, as judgment debtor rather than party to whom disclosure order was directed, could not obtain review through disobedience and contempt
Koehler v. Bank of Bermuda
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 4297 (N.Y. 2009) Cited 132 times 14 Legal AnalysesHolding that a New York court with personal jurisdiction over a defendant may order him to turn over out-of-state property regardless of whether the defendant is a judgment debtor or a garnishee
Weininger v. Castro
462 F. Supp. 2d 457 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) Cited 85 timesHolding that the TRIA "provides [an] independent basis of subject matter jurisdiction in this enforcement proceeding against these [foreign sovereign] entities"
First City, Texas-Houston v. Rafidain Bank
281 F.3d 48 (2d Cir. 2002) Cited 79 timesFinding proper service under Section 1608(b) where "compliance . . . may not have been exact . . . [but it was] substantial and sufficient"
Allied Maritime, Inc. v. Descatrade SA
620 F.3d 70 (2d Cir. 2010) Cited 36 timesExplaining limitations on attachment of out-of-state accounts
FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC v. Democratic Republic of Congo
637 F.3d 373 (D.C. Cir. 2011) Cited 18 timesUpholding contempt sanctions against foreign sovereign for failing to comply with general asset discovery order
Bulk v. Bank of India
827 F. Supp. 2d 234 (S.D.N.Y. 2011) Cited 12 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that a subpoena on the New York branch of an Indian Bank "reaches all responsive materials within the corporation's control, even if those materials are located outside New York."
Section 1605 - General exceptions to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state
28 U.S.C. § 1605 Cited 1,934 times 54 Legal AnalysesAdopting the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991
Section 1610 - Exceptions to the immunity from attachment or execution
28 U.S.C. § 1610 Cited 457 times 15 Legal AnalysesAbrogating attachment immunity of property of a foreign state when the property is “used for commercial activity in the United States”
Section 5223 - Disclosure
N.Y. CPLR 5223 Cited 275 timesPermitting discovery of "all matter relevant to the satisfaction of the judgment"