United States Second Circuit

Subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act existed to decide the underlying litigation involving a loan agreement and letters of credit, and continues to exist for proceedings in aid of money judgment rendered; thus, district court's denial of motion to vacate a civil contempt order against entity that failed to respond to discovery on alter-ego issue affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2002
• Published 02/07/2002

Judges

• JACOBS, Circuit Judge., Before:  MESKILL, JACOBS, CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter V. Baugher,Schopf & Weiss, Chicago, IL, (Deborah E. Decker, John L. Altieri, Jr., O'Melveny & Myers LLP, NY, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee., Jonathan Sinnreich, Sinnreich & Safar, LLP, Hauppauge, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.