Simon v. Republic Hungary’s Empirical Analysis
911 F.3d 1172 · 2018
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991) · 28 U.S.C. § 1602 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1603 (§ 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. § 1605A · 28 U.S.C. § 1606 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976)
Relies on Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · Woodford v. Ngo · Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States or of the States”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“lacks any pedigree in domestic or international common law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“fails to consider a material factor or clearly errs in evaluating the factors before it, or does not hold the defendants to their burden of persuasion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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