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Comparelli v. Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela

891 F.3d 1311 (2018)

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Comparelli v. Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
891 F.3d 1311 (2018)

Facts

Carmina Comparelli (plaintiff) was born in Italy and moved to Venezuela at a young age. Carmina’s Venezuela identification card listed her nationality as Italian and labeled her as an “extranjera,” meaning a foreigner. Carmina had a son, Julio Comparelli. Julio’s Venezuelan identification card listed him as “Venezolano,” meaning Venezuelan. However, based on his mother’s ties to Italy, Julio also considered himself an Italian national. In 2010, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela took control of Venezuelan businesses owned by the Comparellis and fabricated criminal charges against them. Carmina and Julio fled to Costa Rica. In 2014, Carmina and Julio filed a lawsuit in a United States federal district court under the Alien Tort Statute, alleging that Venezuela had expropriated their assets in violation of international law. The district court dismissed the lawsuit for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The Comparellis appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Jordan, J.)

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