Legal Opinion
Walter Fuller Aircraft Sales, Inc. v. The Republic of the Philippines and the Philippines Presidential Commission on Good Government
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1992No. 91-1805PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Shortly after the Marcos regime was ousted from the Philippines, the new government of Corazon Aquino created the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) to recover any ill-gotten gains of Marcos and his confederates. Using its power to sequester property, the PCGG obtained control of a Falcon 50 jet aircraft (the Falcon) that had been leased by a Philippine corporation with alleged ties to the former Marcos regime. The owner of the plane was Faysound, Ltd., a Hong Kong corporation. The PCGG ultimately sold the Falcon to an American corporation, Walter Fuller…
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