PABLO STAR LTD. v. WELSH GOVERNMENT

No. 19-1262-cv August Term, 2019.

961 F.3d 555 (2020)

PABLO STAR LTD., Pablo Star Media Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The WELSH GOVERNMENT, Defendant-Appellant, Gracenote, dba Tribune Media Service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, E.W. Scripps, Co., Colorado News Feed, Travel Squire, Richmond Times Dispatch, Miami Herald Media Co., Visit Wales, Tribune Content Agency, LLC, Journal Media Group, Inc., Treasure Coast Newspapers, John Does 1-10, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 8, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel Kleinman ( Kevin McCulloch , on the brief), The McCulloch Law Firm, PLLC, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Richard J. Oparil , Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: Pooler, Lynch, and Park, Circuit Judges.


The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA") provides that "a foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and of the States," subject to several enumerated exceptions. 28 U.S.C. § 1604. The exception at issue in this case is the "commercial activity" exception, specifically...

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