I.T. CONSULTANTS, INC. v. REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

No. 03-7016.

351 F.3d 1184 (2003)

I.T. CONSULTANTS, INC., Appellee, v. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN and Khair Mohamed Junejo, Minister of Agriculture, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas H. Cobbs argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.

Bruno A. Ristau argued the cause and filed the brief for appellee.

Before: RANDOLPH and ROBERTS, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBERTS.

ROBERTS, Circuit Judge:

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) renders foreign states immune from the jurisdiction of the federal courts in many circumstances, but includes an exception for suits based on the foreign state's commercial activity, if that activity "causes a direct effect in the United States." 28 U.S.C. §§ 1604, 1605(a)(2). We hold in this case, in reliance on Republic of...

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