MENENDEZ v. FABER, COE & GREGG, INC.

Nos. 61 Civ. 472, 61 Civ. 582, 61 Civ. 583, 61 Civ. 584, 61 Civ. 848, 61 Civ. 849, 61 Civ. 850, 61 Civ. 869 and 61 Civ. 3336.

345 F.Supp. 527 (1972)

Alonso MENENDEZ et al., Owner-Plaintiffs, The Republic of Cuba et al., Interventor-Plaintiffs, v. FABER, COE & GREGG, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

Supplemental Memorandum June 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brush & Bloch, New York City (Jac M. Wolff, New York City, Monroe P. Bloch, of counsel), Hubbell, Cohen & Stiefel, New York City (Myron Cohen, Maurice B. Stiefel, Irving Newman, New York City, of counsel), for owner-plaintiffs.

Rabinowitz, Boudin & Standard, New York City (Victor Rabinowitz, Leonard B. Boudin, Kristin Booth Glen, David Rosenberg, New York City, of counsel), for interventor-plaintiffs.

Paul, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City (Allan Blumstein, David A. Rahm, New York City, of counsel), for defendant Faber, Coe & Gregg, Inc.

Strasser, Spiegelberg, Fried & Frank, New York City (Victor S. Friedman, Matthew Gluck, New York City, of counsel), for defendant Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc.

Solinger & Gordon, New York City (John C. Grosz, New York City, of counsel), for defendant Saks & Co.


OPINION

FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge:

These nine consolidated actions were tried without a jury.1 They involve complicated controversies arising out of the take-over by the Castro Government of Cuba of the five leading manufacturers of Havana cigars whose factories, businesses and principal assets were situated in Cuba, and whose products were shipped to importers in this country.

Three of these five Cuban...

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