Paul v. Avril

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A]cts ... [of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and arbitrary detention in violation of customary international law] hardly qualify as official public acts.”
• “Immunity is a grant in a sense awarded at the sovereign's discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Iwanowa v. Ford Motor Co.
  D. New Jersey· 1999-10-28· cited 155×
• Xuncax v. Gramajo
  D. Massachusetts· 1995-04-12· cited 102×
• Abebe-Jira v. Negewo
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-01-10· cited 81×
• Burnett v. Al Baraka Investment & Development Corp.
  District of Columbia· 2003-07-25· cited 71×
• Bashe Yousuf v. Mohamed Samantar
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-11-02· cited 47×
• Jama v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service
  D. New Jersey· 1998-10-01· cited 36×
• Lafontant v. Aristide
  E.D. New York· 1994-01-27· cited 34×
• Bowoto v. CHEVTON CORP.
  N.D. California· 2008-05-30· cited 20×
• Tachiona v. Mugabe
  S.D. New York· 2001-10-30· cited 17×
• Angel Enrique Villeda Aldana v. Del Monte Fresh
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-06-23· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Papasan v. Allain
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-01· cited 9,423×
• Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-23· cited 984×
• Quality Foods De Centro America, S.A. And Duroparts De El Salvador, S.A. v. Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation, S.A.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-08-08· cited 545×
• Dolly M. E. Filartiga and Joel Filartiga v. Americo Norberto Pena-Irala
  Second Circuit· 1980-06-30· cited 367×
• Hanoch Tel-Oren, in His Capacity as Father, on Behalf of the Deceased, Imry Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic Hanoch Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-02-03· cited 311×
• W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International
  Supreme Court· 1990-01-22· cited 278×
• In Re Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos Human Rights Litigation. Agapita Trajano Archimedes Trajano v. Ferdinand E. Marcos, and Imee Marcos-Manotoc
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-10-21· cited 136×
• Marcos Perez Jimenez v. Manuel Aristeguieta, Intervenor, and John E. Maguire
  Fifth Circuit· 1962-12-12· cited 84×
• Schoenberg v. Exportadora de Sal, S.A. de C.V.
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-04-19· cited 79×
• Forti v. Suarez-Mason
  N.D. California· 1987-10-06· cited 75×
• In Re Mr. And Mrs. Doe, Witnesses Before the Grand Jury. Mr. And Mrs. Doe v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1988-10-19· cited 34×
• Filartiga v. Pena-Irala
  E.D. New York· 1984-01-10· cited 27×
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings, John Doe 700. United States of America v. (Under Seal)
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-05-05· cited 26×
• Forti v. Suarez-Mason
  N.D. California· 1988-07-25· cited 26×
• Handel v. Artukovic
  C.D. California· 1985-01-31· cited 25×
• Jaffe v. Boyles
  W.D. New York· 1985-08-27· cited 16×
• Ancor Holdings, N. V. v. Republic of Philippines
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-30· cited 11×
• New York Land Co. v. Republic of the Philippines
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 9×
• Jones v. Petty Ray Geophysical Geosource, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1989-09-27· cited 8×