VILLOLDO v. CASTRO RUZ

Nos. 15-1808, 15-2080.

821 F.3d 196 (2016)

Alfredo VILLOLDO, individually; Gustavo E. Villoldo, individually, and as Administrator, Executor and Personal Representative of the Estate of Gustavo Villoldo Argilagos, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Fidel CASTRO RUZ, as an individual, and as an official, employee, or agent of The Republic of Cuba; Raul Castro Ruz, as an individual, and as an official, employee, or agent of The Republic of Cuba; The Ministry of Interior, an agency or instrumentality of The Republic of Cuba; The Army of the Republic of Cuba, an agency or instrumentality of The Republic of Cuba; The Republic of Cuba, a foreign state, Defendants-Appellees, Computershare, Inc., Trustee-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew C. Hall , with whom Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A. was on brief, for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Michael C. Gilleran , with whom Burns & Levinson, LLP was on brief, for Trustee-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Benjamin M. Shultz , Attorney, Appellate Staff Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, Sharon Swingle , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Lisa J. Grosh , Assistant Legal Advisor, Department of State, of counsel, were on brief, for The United States of America, amicus curiae.

Before THOMPSON, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and BARRON, Circuit Judge.


These cross-appeals arise from the ongoing efforts by two brothers to satisfy a multi-billion dollar judgment they won against the Republic of Cuba and other Cuban parties. In the appeal that the brothers bring, they challenge the District Court's ruling that certain assets they seek to attach to satisfy that judgment are...

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