UNIVERSAL TRADING & INV. CO., INC. v. BUREAU

Civil Action No. 10-12015-DPW.

898 F.Supp.2d 301 (2012)

UNIVERSAL TRADING & INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC., and Foundation Honesty International, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. BUREAU FOR REPRESENTING UKRAINIAN INTERESTS IN INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN COURTS; Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office; Ukraine, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Reardon , Law Offices of Stephen F. Reardon, PC, Revere, MA, for Plaintiffs.

David G. Hetzel , Robert M. Shaw , Holland & Knight, Boston, MA, Peter H.F. Bekker , Brussels Belgium, Pro Hac, Vice, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, District Judge.

This case involves the alleged failure of agencies or instrumentalities of the Republic of Ukraine to pay for asset recovery work performed by a private entity. The principal issue is whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act bars the jurisdiction of this Court to hear the matter. I conclude that it does not.

I. BACKGROUND

The plaintiff Universal Trading and Investment...

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