EHRENFELD v. MAHFOUZ

Docket No. 06-2228-cv.

518 F.3d 102 (2008)

Rachel EHRENFELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Khalid Salim Bin MAHFOUZ, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Question certified June 8, 2007.

Question answered December 20, 2007.

Decided: March 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Kornstein, Mark Platt, Cecelia Chang and Mikaela A. McDermott, Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen J. Brogan and Timothy J. Finn, Jones Day, Washington, DC, and Michael Nussbaum, Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Kurt A. Wimmer, Jason P. Criss, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Amazon.com, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Association of American Publishers, Inc., Authors Guild, Inc., Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Publishers Council, Forbes Inc., John Fairfax Holdings, Ltd., Media/Professional Insurance, Media Institute, Newspaper Association of America, Online News Association, Radio-Television News Directors Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and World Press Freedom Committee, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.

Before: FEINBERG, LEVAL, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


Question certified to New York Court of Appeals: June 8, 2007.

Question answered by New York Court of Appeals: December 20, 2007.

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Rachel Ehrenfeld appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard C. Casey, J.) granting defendant-appellee Khalid Salim Bin Mahfouz's motion to dismiss plaintiff's action against him for lack of personal jurisdiction under...

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