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JACKSON v. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Civ. A. No. 79-C-1272-E.

596 F.Supp. 386 (1984)

Russell JACKSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, a foreign government, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, E.D.

October 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Eugene Rutledge, Rutledge & Yearout, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Warren Lightfoot, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

CLEMON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs instituted this action on November 13, 1979 seeking payment of certain bearer bonds, now in default, which were issued by the Imperial Chinese Government in 1911. The jurisdiction of the Court was invoked under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1391 and 1602 et seq. A default judgment was entered against the defendant, the People's Republic...

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