United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's order of contempt proceedings against a bank in the Philippines invalidates a forfeiture judgment of the Philippine Supreme Court, and, as a result, violates the act of state doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/16/2004
• Decided 02/04/2005
• Published 02/04/2005

Judges

• CANBY, Circuit Judge:, Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jay R. Ziegler, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner., Robert A. Swift, Kohn, Swift & Graf, PC, Philadelphia, PA;  John J. Bartko, William I. Edlund, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, San Francisco, CA;  for real parties in interest.