Petitioner Jenny Rubin (“Rubin”) is one of eight U.S. citizens who were injured in a Hamas suicide bombing in Jerusalem in September 1997. Rubin v. Islamic Repubic of Iran, 830 F.3d 470, 473 (7th Cir. 2016). Following the incident, Rubin filed suit...
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Petitioner Harvey Leroy Sossamon, III has been an inmate of the Robertson Unit of the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice since 2002. See Brief of Respondents, Texas et al. at 8. A practicing Christian,...
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Gary and Venida Thacker sued the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) because of an accident that the Thackers allege was caused by the TVA’s negligence. Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority at 2. On July 30, 2013, Gary Thacker and his friend, Anthony...
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In December 2001, the Republic of Argentina defaulted on its external debt payments. See EM Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 695 F.3d 201, 203 (2nd Cir. 2012). While several of Argentina’s bondholders agreed to restructurings, others, including NML...
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Leroy Torres joined the United States Army Reserve (“Reserve”) in 1989. Petitioner’s Appendix at 2a (opinion of Texas Court of Appeals). In 1998, the Texas Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) hired him as a state trooper. Id. In 2007, the Reserve...
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In October 2000, the United States launched pay.gov, an online billing and payment processing service that enables consumers to use credit and debit cards to make payments to numerous government agencies. See Bormes v. United States, 638 F. Supp. 2d...
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Oral argument: Nov. 1, 2010
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Mar. 16, 2009)
28 U.S.C. § 1500, INDIAN LAND TRUST, INDIAN TUCKER ACT, SOVEREIGN IMMUNITYTohono O’odham...
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In 1981, Sharline and Ray Lundgren purchased 10 acres of land in Skagit County, Washington. Lundgren v. Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, 187 Wash.2d 857, at 2. The land had previously belonged to Sharline’s grandmother, who purchased it in 1947. Id. Since...
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Helmerich & Payne, an Oklahoma-based American company, had successfully operated an oil-drilling business in Venezuela through a series of Venezuelan subsidiaries (such as Helmerich & Payne, Venezuela (H&P-V)) from 1975 until 2010. See...
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The Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy ("VOPA") is an independent state agency that advocates for individuals with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities. See Virginia v. Reinhard, 568 F.3d 110, 113 (4th Cir. 2009). VOPA receives...