BOLKIAH v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B130842.

88 Cal.Rptr.2d 540 (1999)

74 Cal.App.4th 984

Haji Jefri BOLKIAH et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Bijan Fragrances, Inc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

Review Denied December 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cogswell, Woolley, Nakazawa & Russell, Forrest R. Cogswell, David E.R. Woolley, Long Beach, Mitchell F. Ducey and Thomas H. Van Horn, St. Paul, MN, for Petitioners Haji Jefri Bolkiah, Haji Hakeem Bolkiah and Haji Mohammad Junaidi Abdul Rahman.

No appearance for Respondent.

Arnold & Porter, John J. Quinn, Los Angeles, Laurence J. Hutt and Sean Morris for Real Parties in Interest Bijan Fragrances, Inc. and Bijan Pakzad.


JOHNSON, J.

The superior court denied petitioners' motions to quash service of the summons and complaint for allegedly defective service of process. Petitioners contend they qualify as "foreign states," thus, to be effective, service had to be made according to the requirements of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (28 U.S.C. § 1602 et seq.). In the alternative, petitioners contend real parties' attempts at service...

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