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AQUAMAR v. DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE

No. 95-5198.

179 F.3d 1279 (1999)

AQUAMAR S.A.; Emelorsa-Empacadora El Oro; Industrial Y Agricola 44 S.A., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE N.A., INC.; Del Monte Fresh Produce Company; Ciba-Geigy Limited, Defendants-Appellants, Programa Nacional De Banano, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. McIntosh, Adorno & Zeder, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Ciba.

Brian J. Stack, Stack, Fernandez & Anderson, P.A., Miami, FL, for Del Monte.

John H. Pelzer, Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for International Fertilizer.

Robert Donald Brown, Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Carl F. Schoeppl, Scott A. Mager, Mager & Associates, PA, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Republic of Ecuador/Programa Nacional de Banano.

Kevin A. Malone, Kelley B. Gelb, Krupnick, Campbell, Malone, Roselli, Buser, Slama & Hancock, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, John R. Beranek, Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, FL, for Aquamar.

John P. Seiler, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Fish Peddler.

Tyrie A. Boyer, Jacksonville, FL, for Pink Star Corp.

Before TJOFLAT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents several novel issues regarding appellate jurisdiction and the waiver provisions of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602-11. Defendants/appellants Del Monte Fresh Produce Company, Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc., and Ciba-Geigy Limited (collectively "appellants") contend that Programa Nacional de Banano ("PNB"), an Ecuadorian government agency, has expressly...

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