Consolidated with Iraq v. Beaty (07-1090).
sovereign immunity
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The International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) is an international organization (“IO”) purposed with promoting private enterprise in its 184 member countries, mainly by investing in private projects where insufficient capital is available. Jam v. Int’l...
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In 1969, John R. Sand & Gravel Co. (“JRS”) signed a 50 year lease for a 158-acre tract of land in Michigan. John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States, 457 F.3d 1345, (Fed. Cir. 2006) at 2. The lease provided JRS with the...
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Congress has authorized bankruptcy courts under 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”) to enforce an automatic stay on debt collection efforts by creditors after the debtor has filed for bankruptcy. In re Coughlin at 605. Section 106(a...
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Did the Gonzalez Act waive sovereign immunity for medical battery claims, thus allowing suits directly against the United States for medical battery by military doctors immune from...
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Lewis and Clarke’s five-year voyage to the Supreme Court began on October 22, 2011 with the chance encounter of Brian and Michelle Lewis (“Lewis”) and William Clarke (“Clarke”) in Norwalk, Connecticut. See Lewis v. Clarke, 135 A.3d 677, 679 (Conn. 2016...
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Are prison guards, as officers of the United States government, protected by the sovereign immunity of the United States against intentional tort claims when they are acting within...
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In October 2002, James Ludwig sailed his boat on the Wilmington River. See Brief for Petitioner at 3. When he reached the Causton Bluff Bridge, he requested the draw be raised. See Id. The bridge tender raised the spans, but as Ludwig's boat approached...
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In 2005, the Bureau of Indian Affairs approved an application by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (the “Gun Lake Tribe”) for a tract of land called the Bradley Property, located in Wayland Township, Michigan, to be put into...
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PennEast Pipeline Co. (“PennEast”) plans to construct a pipeline that will pass through Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In re Penneast Pipeline Co. at 99. To receive approval for building a pipeline through land owned by other individuals, the Natural Gas...