SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

United States , the 1950 Supreme Court case holding that the United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained by members of the armed forces while on active duty and resulting from the negligence of others in the armed forces. Virgin Islands — do have birthright citizenship by act of Congress.)

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2023

It later dropped the claim, presumably due to a recent English High Court decision ( W Nagel (a firm) v Chaim Pluczenik [2022] EWHC 1714) concluding that the tort of abuse of process does not extend to foreign proceedings (at [96]). Kea alleges that the US default judgment is based on fabricated claims intended to defraud Kea.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The appellate court also agreed with the court below that it was not appropriate to recognize a new tort of “intentional investment in abnormally dangerous activities” advocated by the plaintiffs on behalf of future generations. United States Virgin Islands Office of the Attorney General v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp. ,

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Meanwhile the Fifth Circuit enforced a forum selection clause in an insurance contract choosing British Virgin Island courts despite evidence that the claims stood little chance in those courts. Extraterritoriality The Supreme Court decided two important extraterritoriality cases. In Yegiazaryan v.

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