United States Fifth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's garnishment action is affirmed where the garnishment funds sought were not used for commercial activity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/23/2004
• Published 12/23/2004

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH and GARZA, Circuit Judges, and VANCE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laura Metcoff Klaus, Sanford M. Saunders, Jr., C. Allen Foster (argued), Greenberg Traurig, Washington, DC, Jane M.N. Webre, Quentin Doug Sigel, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stacey Michelle Keith, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees and for Garnishee-Appellee., Michael K. Swan, James Stephen Barrick, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Houston, TX, Jerry E. Rothrock (argued), Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, for Garnishee-Appellee.