Cases Of Note

Over the past fourteen years of practice at his current and previous law firm, Alexis Haller has defended sovereigns, corporations and individuals in the following representative matters:

• Alperin v. Vatican Bank, 360 F. App’x 847 (9th Cir. 2009) amended in part, 365 F. App’x 74 (9th Cir. 2010) (affirming dismissal of all claims against foreign sovereign instrumentality in putative class action)
• Alperin v. Vatican Bank, 410 F.3d 532 (9th Cir. 2005) (affirming dismissal of claims under the political question doctrine)
• Dale v. Colagiovanni, 443 F.3d 425 (5th Cir. 2006) (rejecting apparent authority agency theory under FSIA)
• Dale v. Colagiovanni, 337 F. Supp. 2d 825 (S.D. Miss. 2004) (dismissal of RICO claims against foreign sovereign)
• Doe v. Holy See, CV 02-430-MO, 2011 WL 1541275 (D. Or. Apr. 21, 2011) (narrowing jurisdictional discovery against foreign sovereign)
• Doe v. Holy See, 557 F.3d 1066 (9th Cir. 2009) (dismissing negligence and vicarious liability claims against foreign sovereign)
• Doe v. Holy See, CIV.A. 13-128, 2014 WL 1329985 (E.D. La. Apr. 2, 2014) (quashing service of process against foreign sovereign)
• Doe v. Holy See, 434 F. Supp. 2d 925 (D. Or. 2006) (rejecting commercial activity theory of jurisdiction in tort action)
• Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston, 408 F. Supp. 2d 272 (S.D. Tex. 2005) (dismissing all claims against head of state under the doctrine of head-of-state immunity)
• In re Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, 335 B.R. 815 (Bankr. D. Or. 2005) (narrowing discovery against foreign official)
• Magi XXI, Inc. v. Stato Della Città Del Vaticano, 818 F. Supp. 2d 597 (E.D.N.Y. 2011) (dismissal of claims against foreign sovereign under forum selection clause)
• McCarthy v. Fuller, 714 F.3d 971 (7th Cir. 2013) (upholding the autonomy of religious organizations to decide issues of religious status and religious doctrine)
• Nursing Home Pension Fund v. Oracle Corp., C01-00988 MJJ, 2007 WL 1880381 (N.D. Cal. June 29, 2007) (recognizing the right of foreign citizen to invoke testimonial privilege during deposition under the Hague Evidence Convention)
• O’Bryan v. Holy See, 556 F.3d 361 (6th Cir. 2009) (affirming rejection of commercial activity theory of jurisdiction in tort action)
• O’Bryan v. Holy See, 471 F. Supp. 2d 784 (W.D. Ky. 2007) (rejecting commercial activity theory of jurisdiction in tort action)
• O’Bryan v. Holy See, 490 F. Supp. 2d 826 (W.D. Ky. 2005) (rejecting challenge to foreign state recognition and adopting strict compliance standard for service of process under FSIA)
• Zivkovich v. Vatican Bank, 242 F. Supp. 2d 659 (N.D. Cal. 2002) (dismissal of all claims against foreign sovereign instrumentality under the political question doctrine)