FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC v. Democratic Republic of Congo

Opinion for the court filed by SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case, once pared down, is really less than meets the eye. To be sure, we encounter for the first time a contempt sanction imposed on a foreign sovereign in a proceeding brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”). But there has been as yet no attempt to enforce the sanction (which could prove problematic).

FG Hemisphere’s predecessor-in-interest (which we will refer to along with FG Hemisphere as “Hemisphere”), brought suit against the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) under a…