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INTERN. ASS'N OF MACHINISTS, ETC. v. OPEC

No. 79-3673.

649 F.2d 1354 (1981)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, (IAM), an association, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The ORGANIZATION OF the PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC); the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (Algeria); the Republic of Ecuador (Ecuador); the Gabonese Republic (Gabon); Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia); Imperial Government of Iran (Iran); Republic of Iraq (Iraq); State of Kuwait (Kuwait); Libyan Arab Republic (Libya); Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria); State of Qatar (Qatar); Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia); State of United Arab Emirates, (United Arab Emirates); and the Republic of Venezuela (Venezuela), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1981.

As Amended August 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Davis, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Antonin Scalia, Chicago, Ill., Khalid Abdullah Tariq Al Mansour, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before CHOY and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SPEARS, District Judge.

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

I. Introduction

The members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) were disturbed by the high price of oil and petroleum-derived products in the United States. They believed the actions of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, popularly known as OPEC, were the cause of this burden on the American public. Accordingly, IAM sued OPEC and its member nations in December of 1978,...

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