Legal Opinion
Republic of Philippines v. Pimentel
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 12, 2008No. 06-1204PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
This case turns on the interpretation and proper application of Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and requires us to address the Rule’s operation in the context of foreign sovereign immunity.
This interpleader action was commenced to determine the ownership of property allegedly stolen by Ferdinand Marcos *855when he was the President of the Republic of the Philippines. Two entities named in the suit invoked sovereign immunity. They are the Republic of the Philippines and the Philippine Presidential Commission on Good Governance, referred to in turn as the Republic and the…
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