NEW ENGLAND MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
IRAN POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COMPANY, The Iranian Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, The Government of Iran, The Iranian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, Defendants-Appellants,
United States of America, Appellant (and related cases).
In re UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 30, 1981.
Decided April 9, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael F. Hertz, Atty., Civ. Div. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (John S. Martin, Jr., U. S. Atty., New York City, Thomas S. Martin, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert E. Kopp, John F. Cordes, Susan J. Herdina, Attys., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Mark B. Feldman, Acting Legal Adviser, Timothy B. Ramish, Atty., Dept. of State, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for petitioner-appellant United States.
George Weisz, New York City (Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Jonathan I. Blackman, New York City, of counsel), for certain plaintiffs-appellees in support of remanding these appeals.
Samuel Hoar, Boston, Mass. (Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Carol Goodman, Boston, Mass., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee Chas. T. Main International, Inc.
Lawrence W. Newman, New York City (Baker & McKenzie, Robert B. Davidson, Jean Bernstein, New York City, of counsel), for certain plaintiffs-appellees in support of the right to compensation.
Stephen R. Kaye, New York City (Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Lester M. Kirshenbaum, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee Starrett Housing Corp.
Thomas G. Shack, Jr., Washington, D.C. (Abourezk, Shack & Mendenhall, P.C., New York City, Raymond J. Kimball, Washington, D.C., Gregory de Sousa, New York City, James A. Stenger, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Islamic Republic of Iran and Certain of Its Agencies and Instrumentalities.
Daniel P. Levitt, New York City (Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Soll, Michael S. Oberman, Greg A. Danilow and Alan R. Friedman, New York City, of counsel), for certain defendant-appellant Iranian Banks.
(Full list of counsel appears as Appendix A.)
Before TIMBERS, Van GRAAFEILAND and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs in these 96 consolidated cases are commercial entities with claims against the Islamic Republic of Iran and various of its agencies or instrumentalities (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Iran"). After witnessing a period of worsening political and economic relations, which culminated in the seizure of the American Embassy in Teheran and its personnel on November 4, 1979, the plaintiffs brought suit against Iran under...
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