United States Second Circuit

Plaintiff who alleged an employee of foreign subsidiary hired him to sell real property owned by French government is entitled to conduct discovery to determine if employee had authority to act on French government's behalf for jurisdiction under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 USC 1602 et seq.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/27/2000
• Published 12/27/2000

Judges

• MINER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CARDAMONE, MINER, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard E. Haftel,Modlin, Haftel & Nathan LLP, New York, NY, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lawrence W. Newman, Baker & McKenzie, New York, NY, for defendant-appellee Société Centrale du Groupe des Assurances Nationales, a/k/a Société Centrale du GAN, n/k/a Société de Gestion de Garanties et de Participations., Frederick T. Davis, Shearman & Sterling, New York, NY (Jeremey R. Kasha, on the brief), for defendant-appellee GAN S.A.