ABDULAZIZ v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY

No. 83-5015.

741 F.2d 1328 (1984)

H.R.H. Prince Turki Bin ABDULAZIZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, et al., Defendants, Michael Fisten, Larry Janse, James Murray, Jr., Richard Fandrey, Bera E. Pitts, Jr., Roy F. Sommerhoff, Constance L. Kubik & Andres Isidro Falcon, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry B. Katzen, South Miami, Fla., for Fisten, Janse, Murray and Fandrey.

Steven D. Ginsburg, Ginsburg, Nagin, Rosin & Ginsburg, Coral Gables, Fla., Norman Malinski, Miami, Fla., for Pitts, Sommerhoff, Kubik and Falcon.

Lee, Schulte, Murphy & Coe, P.A., Jack M. Coe, Miami, Fla., for H.R.H. Prince Turki Bin Abdulaziz and Princess Hend Al-Fassi.

Before RONEY and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This case raises issues as to whether a certificate of diplomatic status granted after the commencement of a suit supports dismissal of the suit based on diplomatic immunity, and whether a grant of diplomatic status is reviewable by this Court. We hold that once the United States Department of State has regularly certified a visitor to this country as having diplomatic status, the courts are bound to accept that determination, and that the diplomatic...

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