Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"

Koehler v. Bank of Bermuda

Holding 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

In re Islamic Republic of Iran Terrorism Litigation

Holding that “§ 1083(c) enables plaintiffs who achieved final judgments under the former terrorism exception, § 1605, to pursue new federal causes of action under § 1605A based on the same prior act or incident,” and thereby “offers an avenue of relief in those cases that reached final judgment some years prior to the enactment of the 2008 [amendments] and therefore are less likely to be ‘before the court in any form,’ as required for treatment on motion under § 1083(c)” (citing Bodoff, 567 F.Supp.2d at 142–43) (final alteration in original)

Weininger v. Castro

Holding that the TRIA "provides [an] independent basis of subject matter jurisdiction in this enforcement proceeding against these [foreign sovereign] entities"

Allied Maritime, Inc. v. Descatrade SA

Explaining limitations on attachment of out-of-state accounts

Alliance Bond Fund, Inc. v. Grupo Mexicano De Desarrollo, S.A.

Holding that the validity of a turnover order depends on whether the district court "acted in accordance with New York's procedures for the enforcement of judgments."

Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran

Holding that both TRIA § 201 and FSIA § 1610(g) “require plaintiffs to prove some terrorist state ownership in order to attach and execute on property” and finding that ownership interest through federal interstitial rule making

Calderon-Cardona v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Ruling on the question of whether EFTs were attachable before providing notice to potentially interested third parties

Goldstein v. Time Warner New York City Cable Group

Granting a stay where an independent proceeding in federal court, which had a bearing on the immediate case, was under appellate review

Armstrong v. Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training, Inc.

Holding that the HEA does not preempt the field of federal education policy regarding loan lending to students, but that the plaintiff's contract claims did directly conflict with HEA regulations and so those claims were preempted

Rule 4 - Summons

Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time

Section 1605 - General exceptions to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state

Adopting the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991

Rule 22 - Interpleader

Governing interpleader

Section 1608 - Service; time to answer; default

Authorizing service "through diplomatic channels"

Section 5225 - Payment or delivery of property of judgment debtor

Authorizing judgment creditor to commence special proceeding against garnishee who holds assets of judgment debtor

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

Adopting definition of "material support or resources" found in 18 U.S.C. § 2339A

Section 5240 - Modification or protective order; supervision of enforcement

Stating a court "may ... make an order ...."

Section 1610 - Exceptions to the immunity from attachment or execution

Abrogating attachment immunity of property of a foreign state when the property is “used for commercial activity in the United States”

Section 5239 - Proceeding to determine adverse claims

Proceeding to determine adverse claims

Section 402 - Pleadings