FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC v. République Du Congo

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Before the court are two interlocutory appeals challenging three district court orders authorizing execution against property of a foreign sovereign, the République du Congo (“the Congo”), and Société Nationals des Pétroles du Congo (“SNPC”), an oil company owned by the Congo. To satisfy its money judgment against the Congo, FG Hemisphere, LLC, filed suit against CMS Nomeco Congo Inc., The Nuevo Congo Co., and Nuevo Congo Ltd. (collectively “the Garnishees”), and the Congo and SNPC. In the first appeal, No. 04-20965 (“FG Hemisphere /”), the Garnishees challenge…