USA Law

Tag: State-sponsored terrorism

  • Claim

    Claim in United States Claim Definition A challenge of the ownership of a thing which is wrongfully withheld from the possession of the claimant. Plowd. 359. See 1 Dall. (Pa.) 444; 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 179. The owner of property proceeded against in admiralty by a suit in rem must present a […]

  • Blocked Assets

    Blocked Assets in the United States Execution of Judgments in § 1605A FSIA Cases Blocked assets According to research about Blocked assets from the Federal Judicial Center:In practice, the complicated interplay between TRIA and amended § 1610 has given rise to a number of sharply litigated […]

  • Blocked Assets

    Blocked Assets in the United States Execution of Judgments in § 1605A FSIA Cases Blocked assets According to research about Blocked assets from the Federal Judicial Center:In practice, the complicated interplay between TRIA and amended § 1610 has given rise to a number of sharply litigated […]

  • Legality

    Legality in the United States Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A FSIA Challenges to the legality of the exception According to research about Legality from the Federal Judicial Center:Defendants have repeatedly argued that the terrorism exception is unconstitutional, and courts have […]

  • Legality

    Legality in the United States Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A FSIA Challenges to the legality of the exception According to research about Legality from the Federal Judicial Center:Defendants have repeatedly argued that the terrorism exception is unconstitutional, and courts have […]

  • Terrorist Acts

    Terrorist Acts in the United States Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A FSIA Listed acts According to research about Terrorist Acts from the Federal Judicial Center:Under § 1605A(a)(1), the plaintiff must sufficiently allege that one of the following specified acts has been committed: an […]

  • Jurisdictional Discovery

    Jurisdictional Discovery in the United States In Saudi Arabia v. Nelson, 507 U.S. 349, 355 (1993), the Court held that, under the Act, a foreign state is presumptively immune from the jurisdiction of United States courts; unless a specified exception applies, a federal court lacks […]

  • Arbitration State Immunity

    Arbitration State Immunity in the United States Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A FSIA Opportunity to arbitrate According to research about Arbitration State Immunity from the Federal Judicial Center:When the act or acts in question took place in the foreign state’s territory, the […]

  • Extrajudicial Killing

    Extrajudicial Killing in the United States Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A FSIA Listed acts According to research about Extrajudicial killing from the Federal Judicial Center:The term extrajudicial killing also has the meaning given in the Torture Victim Protection Act, namely, a […]

  • Causation

    Causation in United States Causation  The notion that one event leads to another. Law distinguishes between remote causes which while necessary were not sufficient and material causes i.e. necessary and sufficient causes. Those causes but for which the accident would not have occurred are […]

  • Political Violence

    Political Violence in the United States Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A FSIA Designated state sponsor of terrorism According to research about Political Violence from the Federal Judicial Center:At the time of (or as a result of) the act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft […]

  • Terrorism Exception

    Terrorism Exception in the United States State sponsored terrorism exception Background and Purpose According to research from the Federal Judicial Center: Although victims’ groups had long advocated for a “terrorist” exception to foreign sovereign immunity, no such provision was […]

  • Foreign Employee

    Foreign Employee in the United States Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A FSIA Scope of authority According to research about Foreign Employee from the Federal Judicial Center:The private right of action provided by § 1605A recognizes that both the foreign state itself and any official, […]

  • Protected Properties

    Protected Properties in the United States Execution of Judgments in § 1605A FSIA Cases Protected properties According to research about Protected properties from the Federal Judicial Center:Section 1610 sets out the rules regarding attachment and execution, and they are discussed in detail […]

  • Hostage Taking

    Hostage Taking in the United States Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A FSIA Listed acts According to research about Hostage taking from the Federal Judicial Center:The statute adopts the definition of hostage taking used in Article 1 of the International Convention Against the Taking […]