AF-CAP INC. v. CHEVRON OVERSEAS (CONGO) LTD.

Nos. 04-16387, 04-16388, 04-16788, and 04-16810.

475 F.3d 1080 (2007)

AF-CAP INC., Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, v. CHEVRON OVERSEAS (CONGO) LIMITED; Chevron International (Congo) Limited; Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited; The Republic of Congo, Defendants-Appellees, Chevron Texaco Corporation; Chevron Texaco Global Energy Inc.; Chevron Texaco Overseas Petroleum Inc., Defendants-counter-claimants-Appellees. Af-Cap Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chevron Overseas (Congo) Limited; Chevron International (Congo) Limited; Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited; The Republic of Congo, Defendants-Appellees, Chevron Texaco Corporation; Chevron Texaco Global Energy Inc.; Chevron Texaco Overseas Petroleum Inc., Defendants-counter-claimants-Appellees. Af-Cap Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Republic of Congo, Defendant-Appellee, v. Chevron Texaco Corporation; Chevron Texaco Global Energy Inc.; Chevron Texaco Overseas Petroleum Inc., Defendants-counter-claimants-Appellees. Af-Cap Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Republic of Congo, Defendant-Appellee, v. Chevron Texaco Corporation; Chevron Texaco Global Energy Inc.; Chevron Texaco Overseas Petroleum Inc., Third-party-defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam C. Belsky (briefed), Terry Gross (argued), Gross & Belsky, San Francisco, California, for plaintiff-appellant-counter-defendant Af-Cap.

Neil A.F. Popovic (briefed and argued), Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, California; Jonathan Blackman and Boaz S. Morag, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, LLP, New York, New York, for defendant-appellee The Republic of Congo.

Douglas G. Boven, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, California, for third-party defendants-appellees Chevron Texaco Corporation, et al.

Before MARSHA S. BERZON, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.


RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge.

In this consolidated action, Af-Cap Inc. (Af-Cap), the judgment creditor, appeals the district court's judgment dissolving and vacating garnishments and liens filed against any property of the Republic of Congo (the Congo), the judgment debtor, held by third party ChevronTexaco Corporation (CT Corp) and domestic ChevronTexaco subsidiaries (collectively ChevronTexaco), and dismissing Af-Cap's writ of execution action filed against ChevronTexaco...

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