MOBIL CORP. v. ABEILLE GENERAL INS. CO.

No. 91-2401.

984 F.2d 664 (1993)

MOBIL CORPORATION and Mobil Oil Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ABEILLE GENERAL INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants, The Insurance Company of Ireland, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben L. Reynolds, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Houston, TX, for defendants-appellants.

Michael E. Tigar, Austin, TX, Robin C. Gibbs, Gibbs & Ratliff, Houston, TX, John H. Gross, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, P.C., New York City, for Mobil Corp. and Mobil Oil Corp.

Dermot S. McGlinchey, James M. Garner, McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, LA, for National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Before WILLIAMS, HIGGINBOTHAM, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Claiming to be the instrumentality of a foreign sovereign, the Insurance Company of Ireland removed this suit from state to federal court pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441(d), 1602 et seq. Finding that ICI had failed to establish that the FSIA applied, the district court remanded. ICI appeals, but we must dismiss for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

Mobil amended its...

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