Maalouf v. Swiss Confederation

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Swiss Embassy’s failure to warn about a guide wire on a tree that caused a sledding accident was not grounded in public policy
• holding Swiss Embassy was not protected by sovereign immunity for decisions as to maintenance of the Embassy’s grounds because such decisions were made in its capacity as a land owner, not in its capacity as an diplomatic mission
• distinguishing decisions made by a government body as a mere landowner from those made as a result of “policy-making duties” uniquely governmental in nature

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Loughlin v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2002-11-19· cited 34×
• USAA Cas. Ins. Co. v. PERMANENT MISSION OF NAMIBIA
  Second Circuit· 2012-05-25· cited 28×
• Walen v. United States of America
  District of Columbia· 2017-03-31· cited 27×
• Suzanne Matheny v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-12-04· cited 19×
• ESTATE OF GAITHER EX REL. GAITHER v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2009-09-08· cited 15×
• Krombein v. Gali Service Industries, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2004-05-06· cited 6×
• Romero v. ITW Food Equipment Group, LLC
  District of Columbia· 2013-10-30· cited 5×
• Hsieh v. CONSOLIDATED ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC.
  District of Columbia· 2010-03-26· cited 3×
• Waverley View Investors, LLC v. United States
  D. Maryland· 2015-01-13· cited 3×
• Boteach v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  D. New Jersey· 2010-12-22
• Gaither v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2009-09-08
• Matheny, Suzanne v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-12-04
• Usoyan v. Republic of Turkey
  District of Columbia· 2020-02-06
• Kurd v. Republic of Turkey
  District of Columbia· 2020-02-06
• Yang v. Ics Protective Service
  District of Columbia· 2023-08-28

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• United States v. Gaubert
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-26· cited 2,087×
• Berkovitz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-13· cited 1,883×
• United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-19· cited 1,618×
• Ross J. Laningham v. United States Navy
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-03-17· cited 1,192×
• Washington Post Company v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  D.C. Circuit· 1989-01-06· cited 355×
• John R. Cope v. Roland G. Scott United States of America
  D.C. Circuit· 1995-01-20· cited 166×
• Morrison v. MacNamara
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-10-02· cited 160×
• Sinai v. Polinger Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-08-30· cited 89×
• Martin v. George Hyman Construction Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-11-21· cited 71×
• Everett Todd Faber v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-06-06· cited 69×
• Scoggins v. Jude
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-09-04· cited 67×
• Firfer Et Ux. v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1953-12-10· cited 62×
• Skelton v. Twin County Rural Elec. Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 57×
• Jarrett v. Woodward Bros., Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-05-25· cited 55×
• MacArthur Area Citizens Association v. Republic of Peru
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-01-23· cited 52×
• Holland v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1981-05-29· cited 52×
• Sandoe v. Lefta Associates
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-05-12· cited 42×
• Shu v. Basinger
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1948-01-14· cited 40×