Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al. v. OI European Group B.V., et al.
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1. Whether a court may assess the FSIA immunity of a "foreign state" and its instrumentalities from jurisdiction, and the immunity of their property from attachment, by relying on the actions of an illegitimate government that has been derecognized by the Executive Branch, where the Executive has chosen to recognize a different government of the state.
2. Whether a finding that a presumptively independent state instrumentality should be treated as the alter ego of the foreign state may be based on nothing more than the ordinary incidents of government supervision that are common to most state instrumentalities, rather than on extraordinary day-to-day control.
Whether a court may assess the FSIA immunity of a 'foreign state' and its instrumentalities from jurisdiction, and the immunity of their property from attachment, by relying on the actions of an illegitimate government that has been derecognized by the Executive Branch, where the Executive has chosen to recognize a different government of the state