269 F.3d 133 (2d Cir. 2001) Cited 426 times
Holding that, in assessing FSIA jurisdiction, district court should "review the allegations in the complaint, the undisputed facts, if any, placed before it by the parties, and—if the plaintiff comes forward with sufficient evidence to carry its burden of production on this issue—resolve disputed issues of fact, with the defendant foreign sovereign shouldering the burden of persuasion"