NATIONAL AM. CORP. v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

No. 43, Docket 78-7160.

597 F.2d 314 (1979)

NATIONAL AMERICAN CORP., Appellant, v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA and Central Bank of Nigeria, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Roy Grutman, Eaton, Van Winkle, Greenspoon & Grutman, New York City (Jewel H. Bjork and Jeffrey H. Daichman, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

James G. Simms, Kissam, Halpin & Genovese, New York City (Leo T. Kissam and Laurence May, New York City, of counsel), for appellees.

Berthold H. Hoeniger, Bailey, Marshall, Hoeniger & Freitag, New York City, for amicus curiae Reale International, Inc.

Before OAKES and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges, and MISHLER, District Judge.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

This contract action founded upon our diversity jurisdiction is one of the many law suits resulting from the almost incredible massive cement purchase program that appellee Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) mounted in the spring of 1975. Under this program, Nigeria contracted with sixty-eight international suppliers of which appellant, National American Corp. (NAC), is one, for the total purchase...

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