Legal Opinion
Democratic Republic of Congo v. FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 27, 2007No. 07-7045; Consolidated with 07-7046PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.
FG Hemisphere’s predecessor-in-interest, which for simplicity’s sake we call FG Hemisphere, brought two suits in district court under 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(6)(B), a provision of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. In the suits FG Hemisphere sought to confirm arbitration awards it had secured against the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”). The DRC did not appear, and the district court entered default judgments against it in September 2004 and January 2005. In June 2006, after some 13 months of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Trustees of Central Laborers' Welfare Fund v. Keith and Dennis Lowery, Individually and Doing Business as Lowery Brothers Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC v. Democratic Republic of CongoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
- Manchester Knitted Fashions, Inc. v. Amalgamated Cotton Garment & Allied Industries FundCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
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