Legal Opinion
Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Russian Federation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 26, 2011No. 05-cv-1548 (RCL)PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Agudas Chasidei Chabad of the United States is a New York-based, nonprofit religious corporation holding a default judgment under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602 et seq., against the Russian Federation, a foreign state, the Russian Ministry of Culture and Mass Communication (the “Ministry”), the Russian State Library (“RSL”), and the Russian State Military Archive (“RSMA”). The default judgment entitles plaintiff to a collection of religious books and artifacts concerning the…
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