Legal Opinion
Virtual Countries, Inc. v. Republic of South Africa, a Foreign State, and South African Tourism Board, an Agency or Instrumentality of a Foreign State
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 7, 2002No. Docket 01-7900PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Virtual Countries, Inc., appeals from a June 28, 2001 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Allen G. Schwartz, Judge) that dismissed its petition for relief under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-02, based on the court’s conclusion that defendants Republic of South Africa (the “Republic”) and the South African Tourism Board (“Sat-our”) have sovereign immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602-11 (“FSIA” or “the Act”), Virtual Countries, Inc. v. Republic of South…
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