Abolbashar FARMANFARMAIAN, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
GULF OIL CORPORATION, Mobil Oil Corporation, Exxon Corporation, Texaco Inc., American Independent Oil Company, Atlantic Richfield Company, Continental Oil Company, Getty Oil Company, Charter Oil Company, Standard Oil Company of California and Standard Oil Company of Ohio, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 23, 1978.
Decided December 18, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Martin Kleinbard, New York City (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, Robert S. Smith, Adele R. Wailand, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.
John A. Donovan, New York City (Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City, Otis Pratt Pearsall, Ronald J. Tabak, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees American Independent Oil Co., Atlantic Richfield Co., Charter Oil Co., Continental Oil Co., Getty Oil Co. and The Standard Oil Co. of Ohio.
Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City (Robert MacCrate and James R. DeVita, New York City, of counsel), Albert P. Lindemann, Jr., New York City, for defendant-appellee Exxon Corp.
Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City (A. Vernon Carnahan, John P. Casaly and Susan Manca, New York City, of counsel), H. Francis Shattuck and David H. Finnie, New York City, for defendant-appellee Mobil Oil Corp.
Lord, Day & Lord, New York City (John W. Castles, 3d and Eugene F. Bannigan, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Standard Oil Co. of California.
Edward F. Gilhooly, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant-appellee Gulf Oil Corp.
Charles F. Kazlauskas, Jr. and Lawrence R. Jerz, White Plains, N. Y., for defendant-appellee Texaco Inc.
Before FEINBERG and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges, and PRATT, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert L. Carter, J., conditionally dismissing on forum non conveniens grounds this action for breach of contract and tortious interference with contract rights. We affirm.
This lawsuit is brought by Dr. Abolbashar Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian citizen and attorney, against eleven American Oil companies. The facts are set out in...
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