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Alexander Khochinsky v. Republic of Poland
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 19-7160 · judgment June 18, 2021
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a D.C. Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
Whether a foreign state that seeks to resolve title to moveable personal property because it is owned by an individual of a particular religion or ethnicity by targeting him for a concededly bad-faith extradition is nonetheless immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1611 (the “FSIA”).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Nicholas Michael O'Donnell
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
For respondent
David R. Fine
K & L Gates LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 10 2022Petition DENIED.
- Dec 08 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Dec 01 2021Waiver of right of respondent Republic of Poland, A Foreign State to respond filed.
- Nov 05 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 9, 2021)