GENERAL ELEC. CAPITAL CORP. v. GROSSMAN

Nos. 92-1128, 92-1317.

991 F.2d 1376 (1993)

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION; Gelco Corporation; International Couriers Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. N. Bud GROSSMAN; Andrew C. Grossman; Richard W. McFerran; Defendants, Air Canada, a Canadian corporation; Peat Marwick Thorne, formerly doing business as Thorne, Ernst & Whinney; Defendants-Appellees, Deloitte & Touche, formerly doing business as Touche (USA); Defendants, Deloitte & Touche, formerly doing business as Touche Ross (Canada), (CANADA), Defendants-Appellees. GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION; Gelco Corporation; International Couriers Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. N. Bud GROSSMAN; Andrew C. Grossman; Richard W. McFerran; Defendants, Air Canada, a Canadian corporation; Defendant-Appellant, Peat Marwick Thorne, formerly doing business as Thorne, Ernst & Whinney; Deloitte & Touche, formerly doing business as Touche (USA); Deloitte & Touche (Canada), formerly doing business as Touche Ross (Canada), Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Marc Whitehead, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Richard Kaplan, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee Air Canada was Samuel L. Hanson, Minneapolis MN, argued (Charles Rogers and Michael Krikava, John H. Hall, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Air Canada.

Deborah J. Palmer, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Elliot Kaplan, Linda Foreman, and Glenn Oliver on the brief), for Peat Marwick Thorne.

Michael Berens, Minneapolis MN, argued (Wendy Snyder and Constance Hill, on the brief), for Deloitte & Touche.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and VAN SICKLE, Senior District Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

General Electric Capital Corporation, Gelco Corporation, and International Couriers Corporation1 appeal from orders of the district court2 dismissing their action against Air Canada, a Canadian corporation, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1602-1611 (West Supp. 1992), and against Peat Marwick Thorne and Deloitte...

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