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ASOCIACION de RECLAMANTES v. UNITED MEXICAN STATES

No. 83-1596.

735 F.2d 1517 (1984)

ASOCIACION de RECLAMANTES, et al., Appellants, v. The UNITED MEXICAN STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vicki C. Jackson, Washington, D.C., with whom Robert J. Salazar, Russell E. Vigil, Denver, Colo., Mitchell Rogovin, George T. Frampton, Jr., Washington, D.C., and Jess J. Araujo, Santa Ana, Cal., were on the brief, for appellants.

John H. Shenefield, Washington, D.C., with whom Eric L. Richard and D. Stephen Mathias, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDWARDS and SCALIA, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.

Concurring statement filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

SCALIA, Circuit Judge:

This case comes before us on appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing appellants' complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1). It presents the issue of interpreting the "immovable property" exception and the "tortious act" exception to sovereign immunity contained...

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