Zappia Middle East Construction Company Limited v. The Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

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• holding that plaintiff did not demonstrate sufficient intermingling of private banks with foreign sovereign to overcome Bancec’s presumption of juridical separateness, and therefore immunity exception that might have applied to foreign sovereign did not apply to its instrumentalities
• explaining that “government instrumentalities are presumed to be distinct and independent from their sovereign and normally are treated as such”
• indicating that this Court reviews a district court’s denial of an evidentiary hearing for abuse of discretion
• finding, on appeal from a Rule 12(b)(1) motion under the FSIA, conclusory allegations in the plaintiff's affidavit insufficient to sustain jurisdiction
• finding, on appeal from a Rule 12(b)(1) motion under the FSIA, conclusory allegations in the plaintiffs affidavit insufficient to sustain jurisdiction
• finding \conclusory allegations in [a party's] affidavit are not sufficient to create a material issue of fact\ for the purposes of a 12(b)(1) motion

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