Legal Opinion
Tarar v. Pakistan International Airlines
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided January 18, 1982No. Civ. A. H-80-639, H-81-1311PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION:
H ANN AY, Senior District Judge.
This consolidated suit in international diversity is before this Court under its removal jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1441, by force of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1602 et seq., and under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1330 which authorizes a bench trial in this forum in an action for civil damages against a foreign sovereign.
The defendant Pakistan International Airlines is an agency or instrumentality of the Pakistan national government, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a foreign state within the meaning of 28 U.S.C.A. §…
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- Classen v. BenferCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
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