United States Fifth Circuit
CONNECTICUT BANK OF COMMERCE v. REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 01-50409
Dismissal of a garnishment action was improper under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, based on a joint oil venture between the Congo and Texas oil companies, where no finding was made as to whether royalties and taxes were used for any commercial activity in the U.S.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/17/2002
- Published 07/17/2002
Judges
- EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Peter Buscemi, Mark N. Bravin, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Emerging Markets Creditors Ass'n Inc. Sovereign Immunity Working Group.
- For Appellees:
- John G. Kester (argued), Jonathan Park Graham, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee., George Weisz (argued), Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY, Donald Scott Thomas, Jr., Clark, Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee., Guy Stanford Lipe (argued), Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Marc E. Vockell, Vinson & Elkins, Austin, TX, for Garnishees-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.