PEREZ v. THE BAHAMAS

No. 80-1215.

652 F.2d 186 (1981)

Lazaro PEREZ and Migdalia Perez, individually and as parents and natural guardians of Vladimir Perez, a minor, Appellants, v. THE BAHAMAS, a foreign state.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold R. Ginsberg, Washington, D. C., with whom James E. Burk, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

William A. Bradford, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Edward A. McDermott and Allan D. Windt, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MacKINNON and WALD, Circuit Judges, and AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., District Judge.

AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., District Judge:

This is an appeal from the District Court's, 482 F.Supp. 1208, dismissal of a tort action against the Government of the Bahamas. The lower court held that it lacked subject matter and personal jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1330 (1976), which is predicated upon...

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