United States DC Circuit

A foreign country may not, after having voluntarily withdrawn its direct appeal, assert sovereign immunity in a collateral attack against a judgment enforcing a consent decree entered by that country's High Court of Justice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/28/2001
• Published 09/28/2001

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, EDWARDS and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Steven Cole argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert D. Balin argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief was Richard L. Cys.