POWEREX CORP. v. RELIANT ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

No. 05-85.

127 S.Ct. 2411 (2007)

551 U.S. 224

168 L.Ed.2d 112

POWEREX CORP., Petitioner, v. RELIANT ENERGY SERVICES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Frederick , Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting petitioner.

Leonard B. Simon , San Diego, CA, for respondents.

David C. Frederick , Counsel of Record, Scott H. Angstreich , Brendan J. Crimmins , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Powerex Corp.

William Bernstein , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Leonard B. Simon , Counsel of Record, Pamela M. Parker , Frank J. Janecek, Jr. , Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiffs-Respondents.


We granted certiorari to decide whether, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), petitioner is an "organ of a foreign state or political subdivision thereof." 28 U.S.C. § 1603(b)(2). When we granted certiorari, however, we asked the parties also to address whether the Ninth...

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