Court Opinion

ID: 9200906
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-28 04:43:34.413531+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:12:39.557627
License: Public Domain

C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari granted limited to the *957following questions: “1. Whether a corporation is an ‘agency or instrumentality’ if a foreign state owns a majority of the shares of a corporate enterprise that in turn owns a majority of the shares of the corporation. 2. Whether a corporation is an ‘agency or instrumentality’ if a foreign state owned a majority of the shares of the corporation at the time of the events giving rise to litigation, but the foreign state does not own a majority of those shares at the time that a plaintiff commences a suit against the corporation.” Cases consolidated, and a total of one hour allotted for oral argument.