Rogers v. Petroleo Brasileiro, S.A.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[a] threshold requirement under the statute . . . is that the relevant act was performed in the United States”
• “Notwithstanding our grave concerns regarding the merits of the complaint, we proceed, as we must, first to determine issues of subject matter jurisdiction.”
• examining the reach of the commercial activity exception to sovereign immunity
• “[T]he failure to act is not itself an act in the United States.” (internal brackets and citation omitted)
• “[T]he failure to act is not itself an act in the United States.” (internal alteration and citation omitted)
• the plaintiff's status as a U.S. citizen is insufficient, standing alone, to result in “direct effects” in the United States

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).