Legal Opinion
Comet Enterprises Ltd. Comet Enterprise Ltd. v. Air-A-Plane Corporation, United States of America, Amicus Curiae
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1997No. 96-1606PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge RUSSELL and Judge NIEMEYER joined.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
Two related companies — one incorporated in Great Britain, the other in Iran — brought this action to obtain commissions on sales a Virginia corporation had made to an entity controlled by the Government of Iran. The district court dismissed the action. The court found it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the Iranian plaintiff because its counsel had failed to procure a license necessary to represent Iranian entities.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Thomas Jefferson University v. ShalalaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by38 opinions
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