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FAGOT RODRIGUEZ v. REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA

No. 01-1713.

297 F.3d 1 (2002)

Gabriel FAGOT RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José G. Fagot-Díaz, with whom Fagot & Castal was on brief, for appellants.

Verónica Ferraiuoli-Hornedo, with whom McConnell Valdés was on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case raises several questions of first impression for this circuit regarding the scope of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602-1611. The FSIA provides the exclusive basis for acquiring subject matter jurisdiction over foreign states and their agencies and instrumentalities. Id. §§ 1330, 1604. Under the statute, "a foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts...

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