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IN RE LINEE AEREE ITALIANE (ALITALIA)

No. 06-2935.

469 F.3d 638 (2006)

In re LINEE AEREE ITALIANE (ALITALIA), Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Mentz (submitted), Kaplan, Von Ohlen, & Massamillo, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Terry M. Grimm, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Alitalia is the defendant in a breach of contract suit in the federal district court in Chicago, having been removed by Alitalia to that court from state court under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1602-1611; see id., § 1330(a), at a time when Alitalia's majority shareholder was the Italian government. The Act entitles the instrumentality of a foreign government to a nonjury trial. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(d)...

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