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Title: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center v. Hellenic Republic
Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Release Date : January 14, 1989
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 83 KB

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CUDAHY, Circuit Judge The principal issue in this appeal is whether the Greek government's execution of a contract to reimburse physicians and an organ bank for the costs of kidney transplants performed on Greek nationals constitutes a ""commercial activity"" under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (""FSIA"" or ""the Act"").1 The district court held that the Greek government's execution of the contract constituted a ""commercial activity,"" and therefore the defendants were not immune from suit under the exceptions to sovereign immunity contained in the Act. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center v. The Hellenic Republic, 690 F. Supp. 682 (N.D.Ill. 1988). The defendants appeal; we affirm. I.