Indiana State Police Pensions Trust, et al. v. Chrysler LLC, et al., US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.ISPPT...
Republic of Iraq v. Beaty, US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 [holding that Iraq has sovereign immunity from US court jurisdiction in cases alleging mistreatment during the Saddam Hussein regime, at which time the country was designated as a sponsor...
The Belfast High Court on Monday found four men and the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) responsible for the 1998 Omagh bombing in a civil case brought by victims'...
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee at the center of a landmark Supreme Court case Lakhdar Boumediene said in an interview with ABC News released Monday that he was tortured by...
Five US contractors have been arrested by Iraqi officials for their alleged involvement in the May death of an American in Baghdad's Green Zone , according to Sunday reports. The suspects are not yet charged but may be...
The US Supreme Court issued opinions in five cases on Monday. In Republic of Iraq v. Beaty and Iraq v. Simon, the Court ruled that Iraq has...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases. In Hertz Corporation v. Friend, Melinda, et al , the Court will consider whether the location of...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the government of Sri Lanka to conduct a "proper investigation" of any "credible allegations of violations of humanitarian law" arising from the recent conflict between...
US journalists Laura Ling and Seung-eun Lee were sentenced on Monday in North Korea's Pyongyang Central Court to 12 years in labor camps . The journalists were arrested in March for allegedly...
Two groups of petitioners filed an emergency request with the US Supreme Court Saturday to stop the sale of Chrysler Group assets to Italian automaker Fiat . The first group, consisting of three Indiana...