LETELIER v. REPUBLIC OF CHILE

Civ. A. No. 78-1477.

488 F.Supp. 665 (1980)

Isabel Morel De LETELIER et al., Plaintiffs, v. The REPUBLIC OF CHILE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Tigar, Lynne A. Bernabei, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

Presently before the Court is the question of its subject matter jurisdiction to entertain this action against defendant Republic of Chile. Despite the previous entry of a default against that foreign state that plaintiffs argue precludes further judicial scrutiny of this issue, the Court nonetheless is persuaded that the jurisdictional question must now be given careful consideration, and, having examined...

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