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FG HEMISPHERE ASSOCIATES v. REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO

Nos. 04-20965, 05-20042.

455 F.3d 575 (2006)

FG HEMISPHERE ASSOCIATES, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The RÉPUBLIQUE DU CONGO, Defendant-Appellant, CMS Nomeco Congo, Inc.; CMS Oil & Gas (Services) Co.; Nuevo Congo Co.; Nuevo Congo, Ltd., Garnishees-Appellants. FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The République du Congo, Defendant-Appellant. FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Republique du Congo, Defendant-Appellant, CMS Nomeco Congo Inc.; Nuevo Congo Co.; Nuevo Congo Ltd,; Garnishees-Appellants. FG Hemisphere Associates LLC.; Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The Republique du Congo; Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 10, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Nathan Hochman (argued), Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL, Dillon James Ferguson, Andrews & Kurth, Houston, TX, Bradford A. Berenson, Sidley Austin, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Boaz S. Morag (argued), Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, for Defendant-Appellant.

Guy Stanford Lipe (argued), Vinson & Elkins, Eleanor Herbert Hodges, Thompson & Knight, Houston, TX, Andrew B. Derman, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, for Garnishees-Appellants.

Before BARKSDALE, STEWART and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Before the court are two interlocutory appeals challenging three district court orders authorizing execution against property of a foreign sovereign, the République du Congo ("the Congo"), and Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo ("SNPC"), an oil company owned by the Congo. To satisfy its money judgment against the Congo, FG Hemisphere, LLC, filed suit against CMS Nomeco Congo Inc., The Nuevo Congo Co., and Nuevo...

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