Legal Opinion
De Letelier v. Republic of Chile
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 11, 1980No. Civ. A. 78-1477PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
Presently before the Court is the question of its subject matter jurisdiction to entertain this action against defendant Republic of Chile. Despite the previous entry of a default against that foreign state that plaintiffs argue precliftles further judicial scrutiny of this issue, the Court nonetheless is persuaded that the jurisdictional question must now be given careful consideration, and, having examined the relevant congressional enactment, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602-1611 (1976), is convinced…
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