Legal Opinion
Community Finance Group, Inc. v. Republic of Kenya
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 15, 2011No. 11-1816PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Community Finance Group, Inc. and its general manager Andrew Vilenchik (collectively referred to as “CFG” or “plaintiffs”), appeal the district court’s 1 dismissal of their claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Because the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602 et seq., applies to all defendants and no exception to sovereign immunity exists in this case, we affirm. 2
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