Opinion
No. 06–1204.
2007-12-3
REPUBLIC OF the PHILIPPINES, et al., petitioners, v. Mariano J. PIMENTEL, et al.
Case below, 464 F.3d 885.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue on the following question: Whether the Republic of the Philippines (Republic) and its Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), having been dismissed from the interpleader action based on their successful assertion of sovereign immunity, had the right to appeal the district court's determination that they were not indispensable parties under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19(b); and whether the Republic and its PCGG have the right to seek this Court's review of the court of appeals's opinion affirming the district court.