SUN v. TAIWAN

No. 98-17166.

201 F.3d 1105 (2000)

Tei Yan SUN; Yeh Hwa Sun, Individually and as Personal Representatives of Peter Sun, deceased; Philipe Sun, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TAIWAN; Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S.; China Youth Corps; Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Gary Sterling (argued), Sterling & Clack, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

David Yang (argued), San Francisco, California, Charles Bond (argued), Gregory A, Mase, Torin A. Dorros, Bond, Gamma & Associates, PC, Berkeley, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: PREGERSON, NOONAN, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the United States courts have jurisdiction to hear claims brought by a participant in a cultural tour organized and operated by a foreign government in its own country.

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On August 8, 1993, Peter Sun, an American student of Taiwanese descent, drowned off the coast of Ken-Ting National Park in Taiwan where he was participating in a cultural tour sponsored by the government of Taiwan. His family (...

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