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RODRIGUEZ v. TRANSNAVE INC.

No. 93-2101.

8 F.3d 284 (1993)

Patricio V. RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRANSNAVE INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Jensen, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Houston, TX, for defendant-appellant.

Robert D. Bates, Bates & Lee, Patrice Barron, Houston, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHNSON, WIENER and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal on the issue of foreign sovereign immunity. We REVERSE the district court's denial of the defendant's motion to dismiss and hold that the defendant, an arm of the Ecuadorian government, is immune from the jurisdiction of the United States courts. We therefore REMAND with instructions to dismiss.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff/appellee Patricio V. Rodriguez is an Ecuadorian sailor who was injured on...

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