A federal judge has halted efforts by three bondholders looking to recover almost $90 billion on defaulted loans issued by the People’s Republic of China’s predecessor government in 1913.
In Morris v. People’s Republic of China, Southern District of New York Judge Richard J. Holwell concluded that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the plaintiffs’ claims because China is entitled to sovereign immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
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