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GREENPEACE, INC. (U.S.A.) v. STATE OF FRANCE

No. CV-95-6982 KMW (CTx).

946 F.Supp. 773 (1996)

GREENPEACE, INC. (U.S.A.), Paula Huckleberry, Greenpeace New Zealand, Inc., Stichting Marine Services aka Greenpeace Marine Division, Jon Castle, Philip Pupuka, Stephanie Mills, Derek Nicholls, Peter Schwarz, Alan Baker, and Matthew Whiting, Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF FRANCE, a foreign state, Phillipe Euverte, Paul Ronciere, and Larry Doe, a U.S. individual unknown last name, serving in the French Foreign Legion, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

October 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Serlin, Law Offices of Mark A. Serlin, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Jonathan D. Schiller, Robert C. Bell, Jr., Todd Thomas, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, LLP, Washington, D.C., Pierce O'Donnell, Rex T. Reeves, Jr., O'Donnell, Reeves & Schaeffer, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

WARDLAW, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This action concerns the arrests of certain employees and/or volunteers of Greenpeace, Inc. (USA) and its affiliated organizations (collectively, "Greenpeace") and the seizure of their vessels by the Republic of France arising from Greenpeace activities in protest of France's resumed nuclear testing in September 1995.

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