Four Judges Assigned To First Four Libertad Act Title III Cases Have Histories With Cuba

One Judge Ruled Against Cuba In “Brothers To The Rescue” Case

One Judge Handled Previous Carnival Corporation Lawsuit Involving Cuba

One Judge Ruled Against Cuba In A Terrorism Case

One Judge Ruled In Cuba Espionage Case

Will Defendants Or Plaintiffs Seek New Judges?  New Venues?

  

The Honorable James King, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 

Garcia-Bengochea v. Carnival Corporation (1:19-cv-21725-JLK) 

https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/king-james-lawrence 

https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/content/senior-judge-james-lawrence-king 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lawrence_King 

 

The Honorable Marcia Cooke, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 

Havana Docks Corporation v. Carnival Corporation (1:19-cv-21724-MGC) 

https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/cooke-marcia-g 

https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/content/judge-marcia-g-cooke 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_G._Cooke 

 

The Honorable Amit P. Mehta, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colombia 

Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Corporacion Cimex S.A. AND Union Cuba-Petroleo (19-CV-1277-APM) 

https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/content/district-judge-amit-p-mehta 

https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mehta-amit-priyavadan 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Mehta 

 

The Honorable Joan A. Lenard, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Marisela Mata and Bibiana Hernandez, as individuals and on behalf of all others similarly situated, v. GRUPO HOTELERO GRAN CARIBE, CORPORACION DE COMERCIO Y TURISMO INTERNACIONAL CUBANACAN S.A., GRUPO DE TURISMO GAVIOTA S.A., CORPORACION CIMEX S.A., RAUL DOE 1-5, and MARIELA DOE 1-5 (1:19-cv-22025-JAL)

https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/lenard-joan 

https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/content/senior-judge-joan-lenard 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_A._Lenard

slide_16.jpg