JOSEPH v. OFFICE OF CONSULATE GENERAL OF NIGERIA

Nos. 86-2630, 86-2707.

830 F.2d 1018 (1987)

Catherine JOSEPH, Plaintiff/Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF the CONSULATE GENERAL OF NIGERIA, Consulate General of Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria, et al., Defendants/Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Aspelin, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff/appellee/cross-appellant.

Carol Johnson Roduit, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants/appellants/cross-appellees.

Before CHOY, Senior Circuit Judge, TANG and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


CHOY, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal primarily requires us to decide whether the district court has subject matter jurisdiction over a landlord-tenant dispute between a landlord and a foreign state, its consulate, and its consular officials. We conclude that the district court has jurisdiction over the landlord's breach of contract and tort claims. The district court's order finding jurisdiction over only the tort claims is affirmed in part and reversed in part...

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