HANSEN v. PT BANK NEGARA INDONESIA (PERSERO), TBK

No. 09-4052.

601 F.3d 1059 (2010)

Theodore L. HANSEN; Interstate Energy; Triple M, L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PT BANK NEGARA INDONESIA (PERSERO), TBK, Defendant-Appellant, and Eko Budiwiyono; Firmansyah; Gatot Sismoyo; Rachmat Wiriatmaja; Yopie Lamonge; Max Niode; Lilles Handayani; Utti Kariayam; Mubarik as Djatimuda; Steve O.Z. Finkel-Minkin, a/k/a Steve Finkel; Robert McKee; Fred Newcomb; Newcomb & Company; Native American Refinery, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:*

Christopher Brady, Hollyer Brady LLP, New York, NY; Arthur B. Berger, Ray Quinney and Nebeker, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT; and Orlee Goldfeld, Butzel Long, New York, NY, on the briefs for Appellant Pt. Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) TBK.

E. Armistead Easterby, Williams Kherkher, Houston, TX, on the briefs for Appellees Hansen, Interstate Energy, and Triple M, L.L.C.

Before TACHA, McKAY, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), a foreign state is immune from suit in American courts unless a statutory exception to immunity applies. In this appeal, the primary dispute is whether defendant-appellant PT. Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) TBK ("BNI") or any of its officers or employees in fact generated financial instruments assigned to plaintiffs-appellees Theodore Hansen, Interstate Energy Corporation, and Triple M, L...

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