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BEIERWALTES v. L'OFFICE FEDERALE DE LA CULTURE

Nos. 19-3457, 19-3481 August Term 2020.

999 F.3d 808 (2021)

Lynda BEIERWALTES, William Beierwaltes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. L'OFFICE FEDERALE DE LA CULTURE DE LA CONFEDERATION SUISSE (Federal Office of Culture of the Swiss Confederation), L'Administration Federale Des Douanes De La Confederation Suisse (Federal Customs Administration of the Swiss Confederation), La Republique et Canton de Geneve (Republic and Canton of Geneva), Defendants-Appellees. Hicham Aboutaam, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L'Office Federale De La Culture De La Confederation Suisse (Federal Office of Culture of the Swiss Confederation), L'Administration Federale Des Douanes De La Confederation Suisse (Federal Customs Administration of the Swiss Confederation), La Republique et Canton de Geneve (Republic and Canton of Geneva), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 8, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anju Uchima ( William G. Pearlstein , on the brief), Pearlstein & McCullough LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Lynda Beierwaltes, William Beierwaltes, and Hicham Aboutaam.

Robert Reeves Anderson ( Marcus A. Asner , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Janine M. Lopez , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief), Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee La République et Canton de Genève.

Michael Evan Jaffe ( Stephan E. Becker , on the brief), Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees L'Office Federale De La Culture De La Confederation Suisse and L'Administration Federale Des Douanes De La Confederation Suisse.

Before: Raggi, Sullivan, and Menashi, Circuit Judges.

Foreign governments and their instrumentalities are ordinarily immune from suit in American courts under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1602, et seq. (the "FSIA"). There are, however, several statutory exceptions to that general rule. One of those exceptions is the "expropriation...

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