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Case Citations July 2015 through February 2016 (2015-2016)

handle is hein.ali/reforrelat0007 and id is 1 raw text is: THE FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW OF THE UNITED STATES 4TH: SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY CHAPTER 5. IMMUNITY OF STATES FROM JURISDICTION SUBCHAPTER A. IMMUNITY OF FOREIGN STATES FROM JURISDICTION TO ADJUDICATE § 463. Default Judgment Against Foreign State: Law of the United States C.A.D.C.2014. Rptr's Note 2 cit. in sup. (citing Rptr's Note 2 to § 463 of P.D. No. 2, 2014). Creditor who obtained default judgment in a Florida state court against the Republic of Cuba, among others, based on allegations that he was tortured while incarcerated in Cuba, brought an action to enforce the judgment. The district court determined that the Florida state and district courts did not have jurisdiction to grant the default judgment. Affirming, this court held that the court that issued the judgment lacked jurisdiction because creditor's claims were not within the scope of the non-commercial tort exception or terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). Citing Restatement Fourth of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Immunity § 463 (P.D. No. 2, 2014), the court explained that the FSIA offered foreign sovereigns special protection from a default judgment and required plaintiff to establish his claim or right by evidence satisfactory to the court. Jerez v. Republic of Cuba, 775 F.3d 419, 423. A mL l For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.