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222495P.pdf   01/10/2024  The State of Missouri, ex rel. Eric S. Schmitt  v.  The Peoples Republic of China
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-2495
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau   
   [PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Kobes, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - COVID 19. In this suit by the State of Missouri seeking to 
   recover economic damages for the COVID-19 epidemic from the People's 
   Republic of China and related agencies and entities, the Foreign Sovereign 
   Immunities Act barred all of Missouri's claims except for a claim that 
   China hoarded PPE; reversed and remanded for further proceedings on the 
   hoarding claim. Chief Judge Smith, concurring in part and dissenting in 
   part.