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WOOD EX REL. U.S. v. AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

No. 01-5092.

286 F.3d 526 (2002)

James C. WOOD, Jr., ex rel. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Paul Lawrence, II argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Bradley S. Weiss.

Douglas N. Letter, Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, R. Craig Lawrence and Lydia Kay Griggsby, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Before: TATEL and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we must determine whether the American Institute in Taiwan, a unique entity through which the United States performs consular services on Taiwan and conducts commercial, cultural, and other relations with the people on Taiwan, enjoys sovereign immunity from a qui tam suit brought by the Institute's former Managing Director. Agreeing with the district court that the...

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