Popovich v. United States
Popovich v. United States, 484 U.S. 976 (1987)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.
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(regarding Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, “sovereign immunity is an affirmative defense which must be specially pleaded”)
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(receiving actual notice of complaint and failing to respond is culpable conduct)
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(where the defendant was guilty of laches or unreasonable delay, the district court properly denied the motion to set aside the default judgment)
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(“Broad allegations of harm, unsubstantiated by specific examples or articulated reasoning, do not satisfy the Rule 26(c) test.”)
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(citin g 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); see also Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(a); L. Civ. R. 72.1(e))
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(district court's refusal to bar publication of discovery documents which allegedly presented an unfair picture of the defendant was not a collateral order because an inquiry into whether the materials were "unfair" involved an inquiry into the merits of the case)
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(considering minimum contacts within relevant geographic area)
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