· 3/14/1997
Margot Rendall-Speranza v. Edward A. Nassim
Citations
- 107 F.3d 913
- 323 U.S. App. D.C. 280
- 37 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 12
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 4720
- 1997 WL 111716
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- finding that the plaintiff’s intentional infliction of emotional distress claim was subject to a one-year statute of limitations because “[e]very incident that, [the plaintiff] allege[d], contributed to her emotional distress involved an assault and battery”
- allowing pendent review if such review will terminate the entire case, sparing both the appellate and district courts from further proceedings and giving the parties a speedy resolution
- exercising pendent appellate jurisdiction pursuant to an interlocutory appeal of the denial of sovereign immunity under the FSIA
- allowing interlocutory appeal based on for- eign sovereign immunity claim, but declining to decide im- munity issue, which was both difficult and implicated foreign relations
- allowing interlocutory appeal based on for- eign sovereign immunity claim, but declining to decide im- munity issue, which was both difficult and implicated foreign relations
- explaining right of repose arises where defendant did not know it would need to defend against claims
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Judges: Ginsburg, Rogers, Sentelle
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