Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services Inc.

Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 16, 2007 Decided June 18, 2007
Full case name	Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc., et al.
Citations	551 U.S. 224 (more) 127 S. Ct. 2411; 168 L. Ed. 2d 112
Case history
Prior	California v. NRG Energy Inc., 391 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2004)
Holding
Section 1447(d) bars appellate consideration of petitioner's claim that it is a foreign state for Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 purposes.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Scalia, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito
Concurrence	Kennedy, joined by Alito
Dissent	Breyer, joined by Stevens

Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services Inc., 551 U.S. 224 (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case about federal court jurisdiction and foreign sovereigns which involved BC Hydro's Powerex under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA).

External links

• Text of Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services Inc., 551 U.S. 224 (2007) is available from: Cornell Justia Oyez (oral argument audio)