A SUBSIDIARY of a corporation already found to be immune from suit cannot claim the same privilege under the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act of 1976, a Southern District Judge has ruled.
Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, deciding an issue that has split federal circuit courts, said that immunity under the act should only apply to the “first tier” of ownership – those companies that are directly owned by a foreign state or one of its political subdivisions.
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