Legal Opinion
Southway v. Central Bank of Nigeria
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1999No. 98-1112PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge'.
The general immunity provision of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602-1611, provides:
Subject to existing international agreements to which the United States is a party at the time of enactment of this Act, a foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and of the States except as provided in sections 1605 to 1607 of this chapter.
28 U.S.C. § 1604. The FSIA provides the exclusive means by which federal and state courts may obtain subject-matter jurisdiction over civil suits involving…
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- Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
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