TMR Energy Ltd. v. State Property Fund of Ukraine

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that in FSIA actions, “an entity that is an integral part of a foreign state’s political structure is to be treated as the foreign state itself”
• explaining that presumption of independence “applies to the question of subject matter 5 jurisdiction under the FSIA”
• holding district court properly asserted personal jurisdiction over foreign sovereign where service was proper, and the case came within one of the FSIA exceptions to immunity
• explaining that “an entity that is an integral part ofa foreign state’s political structure is to be treated as the foreign state itself’ for purposes of “determining the proper method of service under the FSIA” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• affirming district court’s refusal to dismiss case where there existed a possibility that foreign defendant might one day have assets in the United States subject to attachment
• finding same where the State Property Fund of Ukraine was used to “implement[] national policies” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).