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JAM v. INTERN. FINANCE CORP.

No. 17-1011.

139 S.Ct. 759 (2019)

586 U.S. 199

Budha Ismail JAM, et al., Petitioners v. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, CA, for the petitioners, by Jonathan Ellis for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners, and by Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Richard L. Herz, Marco B. Simons, Michelle C. Harrison, EarthRights, International, Washington, DC, Anton Metlitsky, Jennifer Sokoler, Samantha Goldstein, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Pamela S. Karlan, David T. Goldberg, Stanford, CA, Jason Zarrow, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Francis A. Vasquez, Jr., Dana Foster, Maxwell J. Kalmann, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Ginger D. Anders, Christopher M. Lynch, Jonathan S. Meltzer, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

The International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 grants international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Health Organization the "same immunity from suit ... as is enjoyed by foreign governments." 22 U.S.C. § 288a(b)....

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