Board of Regents of the University of Texas System ex rel. University of Texas v. Nippon Telephone & Telegraph Corp.

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Having removed this action from state court, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan’s largest telecommunications company, challenges the district court’s denial of its motion to dismiss. In this interlocutory appeal, NTT asserts: it is an “organ of a foreign state”, pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. § 1603(b)(2); and, therefore, it is entitled to immunity from federal (and state) court jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1604. The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (UT) and Hydro-Qubec (HQ)…