FIRST AMERICAN CORP. v. AL-NAHYAN

Civil Action No. 93-1309 (JHG).

948 F.Supp. 1107 (1996)

FIRST AMERICAN CORP., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan AL-NAHYAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth Rochelle Heifetz, MaryEllen Powers, Timothy J. Finn, Barbara McDowell, Christopher F. Dugan, David Elliott Miller, Stephen J. Brogan, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, George J. Moscarino, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for plaintiffs First American Corp., First American Bankshares, Inc.

John Thomas Szymkowicz, Milton Peden Buffington, Szymkowicz & Buffington, Washington, DC, for defendant Ali Mohammad Shorafa.

Thomas Charles Green, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for defendant Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Sheikh.

Plato Cacheris, Philip Thomas Inglima, Cacheris & Treanor, Washington, DC, for defendants Kamal Ibrahim Adham, Sheikh Adham Corporation.

Thomas Jay Barrymore, Reichler, Milton & Medel, Washington, DC, for defendant Abdul Raouf Khalil.

William Horace Jeffress, Jr., Herbert John Miller, Jr., Douglas Frank Curtis, Martin David Minsker, David S. Cohen, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, William B. Shields, Washington, DC, for defendants Clark M. Clifford, Robert Alan Altman.

Vincent Morgan Garvey, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Karen Richardson, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Programs Branch, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for movant U.S.

Timothy M. Broas, Anderson, Hibey & Blair, Washington, DC, for movants BCCI Depositors' Protection Association, Adil Elias, Anthony P.J. Scott, Raad Al Zahawi, N.S. Auchi, Jordanian Depositors' Protection Association.

Mark Daniel Hopson, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for cross-defendants Estate of Sheikh Rashid Bin Said Al-Maktoum, Stock Holding Company, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Sheikh, Crescent Holding Company.

Charles Eric Talisman, Jean V. MacHarg, Ronald S. Liebman, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for defendants, third-party defendants Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, Sheikh, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Sheikh, Sultan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Sheikh, Ghanim Faris Al-Mazrui, Department of Private Affairs of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

James Joseph Murphy, Bryan Cave, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for third-party defendant Humaid Bin Rashid Al-Nuaimi, Sheikh.

James Joseph Murphy, Bryan Cave, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Charles Eric Talisman, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for third-party defendants Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi, Sheikh, Mashriq Holding Company, S.A.

Sara E. Moss, Robert P. Haney, Jr., P. Benjamin Duke, Howard, Darby & Levin, New York City, for third-party defendant Sayed Jawhary.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

The central issue in this case involves an allegation that the defendants, as senior officers, managers, agents and nominees for the Bank of Credit and Commerce International ("BCCI"1), illegally and secretly sought to acquire ownership and maintain control of First American Corporation ("FAC") and First American Bankshares ("FAB"), collectively known as First...

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