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REPUBLIC OF PHILIPPINES v. PIMENTEL

No. 06-1204.

128 S.Ct. 2180 (2008)

553 U.S. 851

171 L.Ed.2d 131

REPUBLIC OF The PHILIPPINES, et al., Petitioners, v. Jerry S. PIMENTEL, Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Mariano J. Pimentel, Deceased, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 12, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Rothfeld, for petitioners.

Edwin S. Kneedler for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Robert A. Swift, for respondents.

Stephen V. Bomse, Counsel of Record, Joshua E. Rosenkranz, Rachel M. Jones, Adam J. Gromfin, Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners Republic of the Philippines and PCGG, Kenneth S. Geller, Charles A. Rothfeld, David M. Gossett, Elizabeth G. Oyer, Brian D. Netter, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners Philippine National Bank and Arelma, Inc.

Mariano J. Pimentel, Robert A. Swift, Counsel of Record, Craig W. Hillwig, Kohn, Swift, & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Sherry P. Broder, Honolulu, HI, Jon M. Van Dyke, Honolulu, HI, for Respondent Mariano J. Pimentel and the Class of Human Rights Victims.

This case turns on the interpretation and proper application of Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and requires us to address the Rule's operation in the context of foreign sovereign immunity.

This interpleader action was commenced to determine the ownership of property allegedly...

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