MORRIS v. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Nos. 05 Civ. 04470(RJH), 06 Civ. 13221(RJH).

478 F.Supp.2d 561 (2007)

Marvin L. MORRIS, Jr., Plaintiff, v. The PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, et al., Defendants. Gloria Bolanos Pons, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The People's Republic of China, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Scott Moss, Moss and Associates, P.C., Irvington, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Bradford A. Berenson, Carter G. Phillips, Eric A. Shumsky, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD J. HOLWELL, United States District Judge.

Consolidated plaintiffs Marvin L. Morris and Gloria Bolanos Pons and Aitor Rodriguez Soria bring actions against defendant People's Republic of China ("PRC") seeking to recover on defaulted bonds issued by the PRC's predecessor government in 1913. The PRC moves to dismiss Morris's complaint on the grounds that: (1) it is entitled to sovereign immunity and none of the exceptions...

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