KATO v. ISHIHARA

No. 03-7173.

360 F.3d 106 (2004)

Yuka KATO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shintaro ISHIHARA, Governor, and Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. FREDERIC FOUAD, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

ANDREW J. BERNSTEIN (Cindy L. Caplan, of counsel), Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, CABRANES, and SACK, Circuit Judges.


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether, in the circumstances alleged, defendants — the governor and municipal government of the city of Tokyo, Japan — are immune under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1602 et seq., from plaintiff's sexual harassment suit. We consider an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of...

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