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  • Alonso Martinez and others v. Saks and others

    Alonso Martinez and others v. Saks and others ALONSO MENENDEZ, JOSE M. GARCIA, BENJAMIN MENENDEZ, et al v. SAKS and COMPANY, ALFRED DUNHILL OF LONDON, INC., and FABER, COE and GREGG United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Nos. 72-2378, 72-2379, 72-2385, 72-2390, 72-2391, 72-2392, 72-2400, 72-2401, 72-2402 485 F.2d 1355; 179 U.S.P.Q.…

  • Insecticide

    By Glen Martin, a contributing environmental writer. Colony collapse disorder (CCD), as the phenomenon is known, has plagued honeybee populations across the developed world. The syndrome is defined by the USDA as a dead colony with neither adults nor dead bee bodies, but with a live queen […]

  • Arbitration

    Arbitration, reference of a dispute to an impartial person or persons, called arbitrators, for a decision or award based on evidence and arguments presented by the disputants. The parties involved usually agree to resort to arbitration in lieu of court proceedings to resolve an existing […]

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Humberto Leal García

    Humberto Leal García Humberto Leal García in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Efforts on the part of Congress and the Executive Branch to satisfy the United States' obligation under […]

  • Golan V Holder

    Constitutionality of Statue Implementing Berne (copyright) Convention: Golan v Holder in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On August 3, 2011, the United States filed its brief in the United States […]

  • Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum

    In Kiobel, et al., v Royal Dutch Petroleum, et al., lawyers for 12 individuals seeking to hold major oil companies legally responsible for human rights abuses in Nigeria in the 1990s have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court's ruling that corporations are immune to such […]

  • Federal Common Law Suit

    A Corporation Can be Held Liable in a Federal Common Law Suit Based on the Alien Tort Statute For Violating the Law of Nations in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The second question presented is […]

  • Federal Common Law Suit

    A Corporation Can be Held Liable in a Federal Common Law Suit Based on the Alien Tort Statute For Violating the Law of Nations in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The second question presented is […]

  • Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit

    Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit to Enforce Arbitral Award in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in information on Privileges and Immunities in this legal Encyclopedia.A.2.c., in […]

  • Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit

    Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit to Enforce Arbitral Award in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in information on Privileges and Immunities in this legal Encyclopedia.A.2.c., in […]

  • Definition of Foreign State

    Definition of "foreign State" in the Fsia in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 4, 2011, the United States filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit […]

  • American Civil Liberties Union V Department of Defense

    Freedom of Information Act Case: American Civil Liberties Union v Department of Defense in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On January 18, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of […]

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Litigation

    Litigation in us Courts Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In 2011, the United States participated as a party in an appeal before the United States Supreme Court […]

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Litigation

    Litigation in us Courts Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In 2011, the United States participated as a party in an appeal before the United States Supreme Court […]