Legal Opinion
Weltover, Inc. Springdale Enterprises, Inc. Bank Cantrade, A.G. v. Republic of Argentina Banco Central De La Argentina
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 13, 1991No. 1446, Docket 91-7119PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents two issues of subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (“FSIA”). 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1332(a)(2)-(a)(4), 1391(f), 1441(d), 1602-1611. We must first determine whether the act of a foreign sovereign in issuing debt instruments to foreign creditors for the stated purpose of controlling the nation’s stock of foreign currency is “commercial activity” within the meaning of the FSIA. If it is, we must then consider whether that action has a sufficient nexus with the United States to justify the exercise of subject…
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