Legal Opinion
Barkanic v. General Administration of Civil Aviation of the People's Republic of China
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 14, 1991No. 562, Docket 90-7641PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Chief Judge:
Representatives of the estates of Peter Barkanic and Donald Fox appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Arthur D. Spatt, Judge, entered on the basis of a memorandum and order of Charles P. Sifton, Judge, that limited the liability of defendant General Administration of Civil Aviation of the People’s Republic of China (“CAAC”) to the $20,000 maximum allowed under Chinese law. Because we conclude that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), Pub.L. 94-583, 90 Stat. 2891 (codified as amended in scattered sections…
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