WALKER INTERN. HOLDINGS LTD. v. REPUBLIC OF CONGO

No. 04-20301.

395 F.3d 229 (2004)

WALKER INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The REPUBLIC OF CONGO; Caisse Congolaise D'amortissement, Defendants-Appellees, and Murphy Exploration & Production Company International, Garnishee-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Metcoff Klaus, Sanford M. Saunders, Jr., C. Allen Foster (argued), Greenberg Traurig, Washington, DC, Jane M.N. Webre, Quentin Doug Sigel, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stacey Michelle Keith, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees and for Garnishee-Appellee.

Michael K. Swan, James Stephen Barrick, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Houston, TX, Jerry E. Rothrock (argued), Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, for Garnishee-Appellee.

Before SMITH and GARZA, Circuit Judges, and VANCE, District Judge.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

The Republic of Congo ("ROC") refuses to pay a judgment it owes Walker International Holdings Limited ("Walker"). In an effort to collect its judgment, Walker filed a garnishment action against Murphy Exploration & Production, International ("Murphy"), which owed the ROC money. Walker appeals the district court's decision dismissing the action and vacating a temporary restraining order ("TRO") and writs of attachment and garnishment...

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