The REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY; Jorge J. Prieto, Ambassador of the Republic of Paraguay to the United States; Jose Antonio Dos Santos, Consul General of the Republic of Paraguay to the United States, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
George F. ALLEN, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Richard Cullen, Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia; David A. Garraghty, Warden, Greensville Correctional Facility, Jarratt, Virginia; Samuel V. Pruett, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Facility, Boydton, Virginia; Paul F. Sheridan, Judge for the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia; Benjamin N.A. Kendrick, Judge for the Circuit Court of Arlington County; William Newman, Jr., Judge for the Circuit Court of Arlington County; William L. Winston, Honorable, Judge for the Circuit Court of Arlington County; Richard E. Trodden, Commonwealth's Attorney for the County of Arlington; Robert A. Dreischer, Acting Chief of Police of Arlington County; Ronald J. Angeline, Director of Corrections for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Defendants-Appellees,
Union Internationale Des Avocets; United States of America; Frederick M. Abbott; David J. Bederman; Richard B. Bilder; David D. Caron; Anthony D'Amato; Lori Fisler Damrosch; William Dodge; Martha A. Field; Joan M. Fitzpatrick; Egon Guttman; Louis Henkin; Harold Hongju Koh; Burt Lockwood; Stefan A. Riesenfeld; Oscar Schachter; Herman Schwartz; Anne-Marie Slaughter; Ralph Gustav Steinhardt; David Weissbrodt, Amici Curiae.
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Argued June 4, 1997.
Decided January 22, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Donald Francis Donovan, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Appellants. Donald Richard Curry, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for Appellees. Douglas Neal Letter, Appellate Litigation Counsel, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae. ON BRIEF: Barton Legum, Michael M. Ostrove, Alexander A. Yanos, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City; Loren Kieve, Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC; Rodney A. Smolla, Linda A. Malone, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA; Leslie M. Kelleher, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, for Appellants. James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA; Ara L. Tramblian, Deputy County Attorney, Office of the County Attorney, Arlington, VA, for Appellees. Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Helen F. Fahey, United States Attorney, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States. John Cary Sims, Sacramento, CA; Steven A. Hammond, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, L.L.P., New York City, for Amicus Curiae Union Internationale. David J. Bederman, Atlanta, GA, for Amici Curiae Law Professors.
Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge PHILLIPS wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge MURNAGHAN joined.
OPINION
PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge:
The Republic of Paraguay and its Ambassador and Consul General to the United States appeal from the district court's dismissal of their action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Governor and other officials of the Commonwealth of Virginia (hereinafter "the Commonwealth...
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