Mohamad v. Rajoub

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that appellant had no cause of action for violation of customary international law pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331
• holding that appellant had no cause of action for violation of customary international law pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331
• “allegations are meritorious if they contain even a hint of a suggestion which, proven at trial, would constitute a complete defense”
• “the same word[s] appearing in different portions of a single provision or act [are] taken to have the same meaning in each appearance” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• “Congress used the word ‘individual’ to denote only natural per- sons”
• “Congress used the word ‘individual’ to denote only natural persons”

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Cited by

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

• Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority
  Supreme Court· 2012-04-18· cited 390×
• Aziz v. Alcolac, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-09-19· cited 322×
• Sikhs for Justice v. Nath
  S.D. New York· 2012-09-21· cited 267×
• Arkan Ali v. Donald Rumsfeld
  D.C. Circuit· 2011-06-21· cited 172×
• Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 2011-07-08· cited 108×
• National Ass'n of Clean Water Agencies v. Environmental Protection Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2013-08-20· cited 33×
• Michael Friedman v. Kathleen Sebelius
  D.C. Circuit· 2012-07-27· cited 25×
• Flanagan v. Islamic Republic of Iran
  District of Columbia· 2016-06-03· cited 22×
• Alexander Khochinsky v. Republic of Poland
  D.C. Circuit· 2021-06-18· cited 21×
• S.K. Innovation, Inc. v. Finpol
  District of Columbia· 2012-04-16· cited 13×
• Dobyns v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2014-09-16· cited 12×
• Garcia v. Sebelius
  District of Columbia· 2012-06-13· cited 11×
• Void-El v. O'Brien
  District of Columbia· 2011-09-12· cited 11×
• Hardy v. Joseph I. Sussman, P.C.
  District of Columbia· 2013-07-12· cited 8×
• Gray v. Staley
  District of Columbia· 2015-08-10· cited 8×
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. v. Lamith Designs, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2011-06-21· cited 6×
• Service Employees International Union National Industry Pension Fund v. Bristol Manor Healthcare Center, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2014-10-29· cited 5×
• Telzrow v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2016-05-26· cited 5×
• Service Employees International Union National Industry Pension Fund v. Hamilton Park Health Care Center, Ltd.
  District of Columbia· 2014-06-06· cited 4×
• Barros v. Government Employees Insurance
  District of Columbia· 2015-02-02· cited 3×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-29· cited 1,133×
• Clinton v. City of New York
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-25· cited 641×
• Rochon, Donald v. Gonzales, Alberto
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-02-28· cited 611×
• David Nathaniel Jackson v. Malcolm Beech David Nathaniel Jackson v. Malcolm Beech
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-12-19· cited 609×
• Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-08-11· cited 452×
• Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
  Second Circuit· 2010-09-17· cited 417×
• Commissioner v. Lundy
  Supreme Court· 1996-01-17· cited 364×
• John C. Keegel v. Key West & Caribbean Trading Company, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-05-02· cited 302×
• Serra v. Lappin
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-04-09· cited 223×
• Romero v. Drummond Co., Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-12-22· cited 215×
• Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer
  Supreme Court· 1995-01-18· cited 196×
• Meijer, Inc. v. Biovail Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 2008-07-25· cited 83×
• United States v. Nicholas Middleton
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-11-16· cited 51×
• Bowoto v. Chevron Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-09-10· cited 45×
• Sitka Sound Seafoods, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  D.C. Circuit· 2000-03-28· cited 37×
• In Re Oliver L. North (Gadd Fee Application)
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-01-07· cited 34×
• Bismullah v. Gates
  D.C. Circuit· 2009-01-09· cited 21×
• Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Co.
  S.D. Florida· 2003-03-28· cited 17×
• Mohamad v. Rajoub
  District of Columbia· 2009-09-30· cited 5×

Other cases named Mohamad v. Rajoub

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Mohamad v. Rajoub
  District of Columbia· 2009-09-30· cited 5×
• Mohamad v. Rajoub
  District of Columbia· 2009-09-30