FIRST CITY, TEXAS-HOUSTON v. RAFIDAIN BANK

Docket No. 00-9556.

281 F.3d 48 (2002)

FIRST CITY, TEXAS-HOUSTON, N.A., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RAFIDAIN BANK, Defendant-Appellant, Central Bank of Iraq, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter V. Baugher, Schopf & Weiss, Chicago, IL, (Deborah E. Decker, John L. Altieri, Jr., O'Melveny & Myers LLP, NY, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan Sinnreich, Sinnreich & Safar, LLP, Hauppauge, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: MESKILL, JACOBS, CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge.

In this litigation commenced under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA") of 1976, 28 U.S.C. § 1602, et. seq. (1994), plaintiff First City, Texas-Houston, N.A. ("First City") holds an unsatisfied default judgment against Rafidain Bank ("Rafidain"), and seeks to collect that judgment from Central Bank of Iraq ("Central Bank") on the theory that Central Bank is Rafidain's alter ego. Rafidain appeals an order of the United States...

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