In Arango v. Guzman Travel Advisors Corp., 621 F.2d 1371 (5th Cir.1980), the plaintiffs contended that they suffered injuries when their vacation tour, which was sponsored in part by the defendant, the national airline of the Dominican Republic, was terminated. The plaintiffs asserted that, because their names were on a list of undesirable aliens, upon their arrival in the Dominican Republic immigration officials denied them entry into the country, "man-handled" them, and "involuntarily re-routed" them to the United States. See id. at 1373. The plaintiffs sought damages under breach of contract and several tort claims, including false imprisonment and battery. The district court granted the defendant's motion to dismiss on all claims. See id. at 1374. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the appeal because, under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the order granting the defendant's motion to dismiss was not a final order. See id. at 1377-78. Notwithstanding its dismissal of the appeal on separate procedural grounds, the court of appeals discussed the applicable substantive law, and, "in the interest of expediency, proceeded to offer the district court some guidance in its further handling of these issues." Id. at 1378. The court considered whether there was subject matter jurisdiction, under the first clause of section 1605(a)(2), for the claims of false imprisonment and battery. The court stated that in "man-handling" the plaintiffs during the denial of their entry into the country, the defendant "acted merely as an arm or agent of the Dominican government in carrying out this assigned role, and, as such, is entitled to the same immunity from any liability arising from that governmental function as would inure to the government, itself." Id. at 1379. The court, however, concluded that the defendant's actions which gave rise to the claims for breach of warranty and breach of contract were connected to the defendant's commercial activity. Hence, the district court would have had subject matter jurisdiction over these claims under section 1605(a)(2) of the FSIA. See id. at 1379-80.