ATKINSON v. INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

No. 97-7181.

156 F.3d 1335 (1998)

Janet E. ATKINSON, Appellant, v. The INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1998.

As Amended October 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Atkinson, appearing pro se, argued the cause and filed the briefs.

William D. Rogers argued the cause for appellee The Inter-American Development Bank.* On the brief were Alexander E. Bennett and Nancy L. Perkins.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, SILBERMAN and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a well-known method of enforcing a judgment and a little-known immunity from judicial process. Appellant, in an effort to enforce two state court judgments against her former husband by garnishing his wages, sought a declaratory judgment in the district court that her husband's employer, a financial institution protected by the International Organizations Immunities...

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