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Thepetition of the day is:

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Issue:Whether an individual or entity need only provide material services to a foreign state sponsor of terrorism in order to qualify as its agency or instrumentality under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, or whether the individual or entity must satisfy a stricter definition based on majority ownership or control by the foreign state, such as the definition of agency or instrumentality set forth in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Cases: Alavi Foundation v. Kirschenbaum

Recommended Citation: Kate Howard, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Feb. 28, 2017, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/02/petition-of-the-day-1101/