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ABOUJDID v. SINGAPORE

108 A.D.2d 330 (1985)

Joseph Aboujdid et al., Respondents, v. Singapore Airlines, Ltd., et al., Appellants Naim El-Mani, Respondent, v. Gulf Aviation, Ltd., et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 14, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Massamillo of counsel (Desmond T. Barry, Jr., and Edward C. DeVito with him on the brief; Condon & Forsyth, attorneys), for Gulf Aviation Company G.S.A., appellant.

Kevin F. Cook of counsel (Matthew J. Corrigan with him on the brief; Mendes & Mount, attorneys), for Singapore Airlines, Ltd., appellant.

Lawrence B. Goldhirsch of counsel (Sally L. Schneider with him on the brief; Speiser & Krause, P. C., attorneys), for respondents.

KUPFERMAN, J. P., ASCH and FEIN, JJ., concur.

LYNCH, J.

Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (28 USC, part IV, ch 97) foreign States and their instrumentalities may, subject to certain exceptions, raise a defense of the lack of subject matter jurisdiction of actions brought against them in this country. (See in general, Newman & Burrows, Proposed Amendments [to] Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, NYLJ, Mar. 22, 1985, p 1, col 1...

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