Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. State of Sao Paulo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 4, 1941No. 315, 316PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.. Defendants are constituent states of the United States of Brazil. These actions against them, in respect of principal and interest alleged to be due on certain of defendants’ bonds, were begun in the New York Supreme Court by attachment of New York bank accounts of defendants and service by publication. After both actions had been removed to the federal court, defendants appeared specially to move dismissal of the actions and vacation of the attachments on the ground of their sovereign immunity to suit.
While these motions were pending, the United States Attorney for the…
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