Mendaro v. World Bank

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “facially broad waiver of immunity” in the “World Bank’s Articles of Agreement” did not “waive the Bank’s immunity to employee suits”
• stating that the IBRD is “commonly referred to as World Bank”
• finding “no evidence that the members of the [World] Bank intended to waive the Bank’s immunity to employee [Title VII] suits”
• inferring waiver only insofar as “necessary to enable the [organization] to fulfill its functions”
• inferring waiver only insofar as “necessary to enable the [organization] to fulfill its functions”
• barring suit by a terminated employee asserting a sex harassment and discrimination claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jam v. International Finance Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2019-02-27· cited 72×
• Janet E. Atkinson v. The Inter-American Development Bank
  D.C. Circuit· 1998-10-28· cited 57×
• Osseiran v. International Finance Corp.
  District of Columbia· 2007-07-27· cited 38×
• Oss Nokalva, Inc. v. European Space Agency
  Third Circuit· 2010-08-16· cited 34×
• Osseiran v. International Finance Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 2009-01-13· cited 27×
• Hudes v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.
  District of Columbia· 2011-08-30· cited 26×
• Zveiter v. Brazilian National Superintendency of Merchant Marine
  S.D. New York· 1993-10-14· cited 22×
• De Luca v. United Nations Organization
  S.D. New York· 1994-01-10· cited 16×
• Vila v. Inter-American Investment, Corp.
  District of Columbia· 2008-02-22· cited 15×
• Brzak v. United Nations
  S.D. New York· 2008-04-29· cited 13×
• Morgan v. International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
  District of Columbia· 1990-09-13· cited 11×
• Garcia v. Sebelius
  District of Columbia· 2012-06-13· cited 11×
• Chiriboga v. International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
  District of Columbia· 1985-03-29· cited 10×
• Noah Rosenkrantz v. Inter-American Development Bank
  D.C. Circuit· 2022-06-03· cited 9×
• International Bank for Reconstruction & Development v. District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 1999-04-02· cited 9×
• Inversora Murten, S.A. v. Energoprojekt-Niskogradnja Co.
  D.C. Circuit· 2008-02-14· cited 9×
• Boimah v. United Nations General Assembly
  E.D. New York· 1987-07-24· cited 7×
• Budha Jam v. International Finance Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 2017-06-23· cited 7×
• Rendall-Speranza v. Nassim
  District of Columbia· 1996-03-18· cited 6×
• Polak v. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
  District of Columbia· 2009-09-28· cited 6×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. v. Avagliano
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-15· cited 374×
• Ronald Tuck v. Pan American Health Organization
  D.C. Circuit· 1981-11-13· cited 83×
• Marvin R. Broadbent v. Organization of American States
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-01-08· cited 48×
• Herbert Harvey, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  D.C. Circuit· 1969-09-19· cited 40×
• Lutcher S. A. Celulose E Papel and F. Lutcher Brown v. Inter-American Development Bank
  D.C. Circuit· 1967-07-13· cited 20×
• Weidner v. International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-09-21· cited 5×