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ECKERT INTERN. v. GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF FIJI

Civ. A. No. 93-CV-457.

834 F.Supp. 167 (1993)

ECKERT INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff, v. GOVERNMENT OF the SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF FIJI, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

September 24, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Buford Tompkins, Jr., Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for plaintiff.

Nelson Joel Kline, Kline and Joseph, Washington, DC, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

I.

This diversity contract action against a foreign government presents the threshold question whether a private American corporation's breach of contract claim against the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji ("Fiji") is barred by sovereign immunity, or is otherwise nonjusticiable by virtue of the act of state or political question doctrines. For the reasons set forth here, the Court concludes...

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