Legal Opinion
Agudas Chasidei Chabad v. Russian Federation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 4, 2006No. Civ. Action 05-01548 (RCL)PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LAMBERTH, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States (“Chabad”), is a nonprofit religious corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of New York. On November 9, 2004, Chabad commenced this action in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Russian Federation and several Russian 1 state agencies (collectively “defendants”). 2 Chabad alleges that the defendants violated international law by illegally taking and continuing to hold an invaluable collection of Jewish religious books and manuscripts, a…
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- Banco Nacional De Cuba v. SabbatinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Russian FederationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
- Alan Philipp v. Federal Republic of GermanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
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