Legal Opinion
Kensington International Ltd. v. Itoua
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 18, 2007No. Docket 06-1763-cv (L), 06-2216-cv (CON)PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-appellants Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo (“SNPC”) and Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua (“Itoua”) appeal from portions of the March 31, 2006 order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Preska, J.) denying appellants’ motions to dismiss based on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) and for lack of personal jurisdiction. We hold that SNPC is immune under the FSIA, and therefore reverse the district court’s decision with respect to SNPC. We further find that the district court erred in concluding that the commercial…
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