Legal Opinion
Phoenix Consulting, Inc. v. Republic of Angola
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 16, 2000No. 99-7032PublishedCited by 310 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Phoenix Consulting sued the Republic of Angola for breach of contract, and Angola moved to dismiss the suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602-1611. The district court, accepting as true for purposes of the motion the plaintiffs allegation that Angola had executed a contractual waiver of immunity, denied Angola’s motion. Angola appeals from the court’s order.
Because Angola’s motion to dismiss raised a factual challenge to…
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