COMPANIA DE GAS DE NUEVO LAREDO, S. A. v. ENTEX

No. 81-2176.

686 F.2d 322 (1982)

COMPANIA DE GAS DE NUEVO LAREDO, S. A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ENTEX, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. M. Zaffirini, Laredo, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond J. Goodman, Laredo, Tex., Walter E. Workman, Hebert Gentry, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, REAVLEY and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a diversity action relating to a tort claim and a contractual dispute under the Texas Business and Commerce Code, section 2.302, between Compania de Gas de Nuevo Laredo, S.A. ("CGNL") and Entex, Inc. ("Entex"). The district court dismissed the tort claim, which alleged that Entex conspired with the Mexican government to unlawfully take control of CGNL assets in Mexico, on the basis of the act of state doctrine...

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