Leutwyler v. Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that “individuals employed by a foreign state’s agencies or instrumentalities are deemed ‘foreign states’ when they are sued for actions undertaken within the scope of their official capacities”
• explaining officials are “deemed foreign states when they are sued for actions undertaken within the scope of their official capacities”
• \[I]t has been generally recognized that individuals employed by a foreign state's agencies or instrumentalities are deemed `foreign states' when they are sued for actions undertaken within the scope of their official capacities.\
• “[I]t has been generally recognized that individuals employed by a foreign state’s agencies or instrumentalities are deemed ‘foreign states’ when they are sued for actions undertaken within the scope of their official capacities.”
• “[W]hile the purpose of publishing the diary may have been governmental (disseminating 22 information about Jordan and encouraging tourism), the nature of the activity (publishing and selling books) is clearly commercial.” (emphasis in original)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).