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WALKER INTERN. HOLDINGS, LTD. v. REPUBLIC OF CONGO

No. 04-20655.

415 F.3d 413 (2005)

WALKER INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD., 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.

June 30, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before JOLLY, JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In an effort to recover monies owed to it by the Republic of Congo ("ROC"), Walker International Holdings, Ltd. ("Walker") filed a garnishment action against Murphy Exploration & Production Company-International ("Murphy"). Murphy ultimately prevailed in the garnishment proceeding based on the district court's finding that the ROC was entitled to sovereign immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), 28 U.S.C. &...

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