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BYRD v. CORPORACION FORESTAL Y INDUSTRIAL

No. 98-60288.

182 F.3d 380 (1999)

Cortez BYRD; et al., Plaintiffs, Cortez Byrd; Simmons Lumber Company S.A., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CORPORACION FORESTAL Y INDUSTRIAL DE OLANCHO S.A., et al., Defendants, Corporacion Forestal Y Industrial De Olancho S.A.; Israel Pacheco; Alberto Figueroa, Defendants-Appellants. Great Southern Lumber Company LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William E. Simmons III, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Maxey, II, John Fredrick Hawkins, Maxey, Wann, Begley & Fyke, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Steven Craig Panter, Thomas L. Kirkland, Jr., Kirkland & Barfield, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before WISDOM, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-appellants filed motions to dismiss with the court below, arguing that they are immune from suit pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), and because the court below did not have personal jurisdiction over them. The district court denied their motions, and defendants-appellants brought this immediate appeal. We conclude that we have appellate jurisdiction over the district court's decision as to FSIA immunity...

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