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ECKERT INTERN. v. GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

No. 93-1985.

32 F.3d 77 (1994)

ECKERT INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The GOVERNMENT OF the SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF FIJI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stephen Laurence Joseph, Washington, DC, for appellant. Joseph B. Tompkins, Jr., Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for appellee. ON BRIEF: Nelson J. Kline, Washington, DC, for appellant. David M. Krasnostein, Christopher R. Drahozal, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge GODBOLD wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Senior Judge BUTZNER joined.

OPINION

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

The Government of Fiji, a foreign state, entered into an agreement with Eckert International, Inc., a United States corporation. Fiji canceled the contract, and Eckert sued for breach in federal court in Virginia. Fiji asserted sovereign immunity, and the district court held that it...

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