Nelson Bunker HUNT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
MOBIL OIL CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 26, 1976.
Decided January 12, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Daniel P. Levitt, New York City (Nickerson, Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen, Kamin & Soll, Kenneth Berlin, New York City, Philip Hirschkop & Associates Ltd., Philip J. Hirschkop, Alexandria, Va., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.
Edward F. Howrey, Washington, D.C. (Howrey & Simon, A. Duncan Whitaker, Harry E. Jennings, Jr., Mark D. Wegener, Washington, D.C., Richard H. Zahm, New York City, Juliet Shepard, Englewood, N.J., of counsel), for defendant Mobil Oil Corp.
Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Milton J. Schubin, Texaco Inc., Charles F. Kazlauskas, Jr., G. Kenneth Handley, Lawrence R. Jerz, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Texaco, Inc.
Lord, Day & Lord, Gordon B. Spivack, John W. Castles, 3d, Harry G. Sklarsky, David H. Marks, Carolyn Ellis, New York City, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Turner H. McBaine, Wallace L. Kaapcke, Thomas E. Haven, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel, for defendant Standard Oil Co. of Cal.
Shea, Gould, Climenko, Kramer & Casey, Bruce A. Hecker, Joseph Ferraro, New York City, of counsel, for British Petroleum Co., Ltd.
Sullivan & Cromwell, Robert MacCrate, Robert M. Osgood, Barbara A. Mentz, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Exxon Corp.
Before MULLIGAN and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges, and GAGLIARDI, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises the question whether the district court properly dismissed before trial, on the basis of the act of state doctrine, the third antitrust claim of the plaintiffs-appellants' complaint seeking treble damages from the named defendants-appellees as the result of the nationalization of the plaintiffs' oil producing properties in the Sarir Field by the Libyan government on June 11, 1973...
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