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012738P.pdf   04/03/2002  BP Chemicals Ltd.  v.  Jiangsu Sopo Corp.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-2738
                          and No:  01-2894
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   Civil case - civil procedure. On the facts alleged in plaintiff's 
   complaint, defendant, a company owned by the government 
   of the People's Republic of China, was not entitled to 
   immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities 
   Act of 1976 since the suit was based on defendant's 
   commercial activity carried on in the U.S.; because 
   defendant lacked sovereign immunity, the district court 
   erred in finding it lacked subject matter jurisdiction 
   over the complaint.