Mealey's (October 10, 2018, 1:14 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Republic of Nigeria and a Nigerian ministry on Oct. 5 appealed a judge’s ruling that ordered them to submit all arguments on jurisdiction and the merits in an opposition to a petition to confirm a $6,597,000,000 award to the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and denied a request for an initial determination on sovereign immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) before briefing (Process And Industrial Developments Limited v. Federal Republic Of Nigeria, et al., No. 1:18cv594, D. D.C.)....