Atkinson v. Inter-American Development Bank’s Empirical Analysis
156 F.3d 1335 · 1998
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2022 · most notably United States ex rel. Long v. SCS Business & Technical Institute, Inc. (1999), Vila v. Inter-American Investment Corp. (2009)
17 federal appellate · 15 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 707 · 22 U.S.C. § 283F · 22 U.S.C. § 288 (International Organizations Immunities Act) · 22 U.S.C. § 288A · 28 U.S.C. § 1604 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1605 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1611 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976)
Relies on Almendarez-Torres v. United States · United States v. United Mine Workers of America · Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc. · Saudi Arabia v. Nelson
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Actions may be brought against the Bank only in a court of competent jurisdiction in the territories of a member in which the Bank has an office, has appointed an agent for the purpose of accepting service or notice of process, or has issued or guaranteed securities. No actions shall, however, be brought by members or persons acting for or deriving claims from members. The property and assets of the Bank shall, wheresoever located and by whomsoever held, be immune from all forms of seizure, attachment or execution before the delivery of final judgment against the Bank.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[international organizations, their property and their assets, wherever located, and by whomsoever held, shall enjoy the same immunity from suit and every form of judicial process as is enjoyed by foreign governments, except to the extent that such organizations may expressly waive their immunity for the purpose of any proceedings or by the terms of any contract.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) in which the foreign state has waived its immunity either explicitly or by implication ...; [and] (2) in which the action is based upon a commercial activity earned on in the United States by the foreign state; or upon an act performed in the United States in connection with a commercial activity of the foreign state elsewhere; or upon an act outside the territory of the United States in connection with a commercial activity of the foreign state elsewhere and that act causes a direct effect in the United States[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.