PRODUCTOS CARNIC, S.A. v. CENT. AM. BEEF, ETC.

No. 79-3186 Summary Calendar.

621 F.2d 683 (1980)

PRODUCTOS CARNIC, S.A., a Nicaraguan Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CENTRAL AMERICAN BEEF AND SEA-FOOD TRADING COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE, an Unincorporated Division of American Consumer Industries, a New York Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helliwell, Melrose & DeWolf, Robert J. Schaffer, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Wright & Silverio, Mark V. Silverio, Miami, Fla., for Productos Carnic and E. Holmann.

Spear & Hoffman, Coral Gables, Fla., William D. Rogers, Charles H. Cochran, S. Mark Tuller, James A. Beat, Washington, D.C., for United States Cold Storage.

Before BROWN, TJOFLAT and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Insurrection, armed conflict, battles in the streets, terrorist attacks, riots, war, revolution, and the overthrow of a dictator permeate this appeal. General Anastasio Somoza was forced to resign as President of Nicaragua on July 17, 1979. The new government promptly nationalized a great portion of the vast holdings of Somoza and his family, including a small Nicaraguan meat processing company — already close to bankruptcy —...

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