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PRACTICAL CONCEPTS, INC. v. REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA

No. 85-6001.

811 F.2d 1543 (1987)

PRACTICAL CONCEPTS, INC., Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 17, 1987.

As Amended March 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil I. Levy, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Alexander W. Whitaker, with whom William R. Joyce, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee. Thomas T.F. Huang, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance, for appellee.

Richard K. Willard, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Joseph E. diGenova, United States Attorney, David Epstein and Michael J. Singer, Attorneys, Department of Justice, and Bruce C. Rashkow, Attorney, Department of State were on the brief for the United States as amicus curiae.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, RUTH BADER GINSBURG and BORK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This case requires judicial interpretation of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602-1611, a measure Congress enacted in 1976 to govern the sensitive matter of the amenability of a foreign nation to suit in the United States. Under the FSIA, a district court may entertain a civil action against a foreign state only if...

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