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Broidy Capital Management, LLC, et al. v. State of Qatar

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-56256 · judgment December 2, 2020

Certiorari denied · June 1, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

The Question Presented is as follows: Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s discretionary act exclusion bars the exercise of jurisdiction over claims by a U.S. citizen against a foreign sovereign for acts constituting serious criminal and civil rights violations that if committed by the United States would be actionable under U.S. law?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
George J. Terwilliger III
Terwilliger Law PLLC

For respondent
David Meir Zionts
Covington & Burlington LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 01 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
  3. May 07 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Qatar to respond filed.
  4. May 03 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 7, 2021)