READING & BATES CORP. v. NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL CO.

No. 79 Civ. 4421 (KTD).

478 F.Supp. 724 (1979)

READING & BATES CORPORATION, Reading & Bates Exploration Co., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY, Defendant.

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

September 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & McKenzie, New York City, for plaintiffs; Lawrence W. Newman, Robert B. Davidson, New York City, of counsel.

Abourezk, Shack & Mendenhall, Washington, D. C., Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for defendant; Thomas G. Shack, Jr., Raymond J. Kimball, Washington, D. C., Robert P. Patterson, Jr., William J. Muller, New York City, of counsel.

Shearman & Sterling, New York City, for Citibank, amicus curiae; Henry Harfield, Henry S. Weisburg, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

Plaintiffs, Reading & Bates Corporation [hereinafter referred to as "R & B"] and Reading & Bates Exploration Company [hereinafter referred to as "R & B Exploration"], both Delaware corporations, brought this motion to confirm an order of attachment issued ex parte by me on August 22, 1979. Defendant, National Iranian Oil Company [hereinafter referred to as "NIOC"], a foreign corporation not...

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