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STENA REDERI AB v. COMISION DE CONTRATOS DEL COMITE

No. 90-2095.

923 F.2d 380 (1991)

STENA REDERI AB, a Swedish Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COMISION de CONTRATOS del COMITE EJECUTIVO GENERAL del SINDICATO REVOLUCIONARIO de TRABAJADORES PETROLEROS de la REPUBLICA MEXICANA, S.C., a Mexican Corporation, Defendant, Petroleos Mexicanos, the nationalized petroleum company of the United Mexican States, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas S. Johnston, Houston, Tex., Charles C. Crady, III, Shelley A. Bush, Crady, Jewett & McCulley, Houston, Tex., for Amicus United Mexican States — Ambassador Alberto Szekely, Legal Advisor, Secretariat of Foreign Relations, United Mexican States, Houston, Tex., E.U.A.

Christopher O. Davis, James D. Wise, Jr., Brown, Sims, Wise & White, James N. Isbell, Houston, Tex., Phelps Dunbar, Sheryl Bey, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

During its brief lifetime, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 ("FSIA") has been "a constant bane of the federal judiciary."1 This Court is once again called upon to interpret the labyrinthine provisions of the FSIA, and the task is no easier now than it has been before. Stena Rederi AB ("Stena"), a Swedish corporation, initiated a negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract action in federal district...

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