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DOW CHEMICAL PACIFIC v. RASCATOR MARITIME S.A.

Nos. 79 Civ. 3131 (KTD), 80 Civ. 0359 (KTD).

594 F.Supp. 1490 (1984)

DOW CHEMICAL PACIFIC LTD., Plaintiff, v. RASCATOR MARITIME S.A.; Intra-Span, Inc.; Mahmud Ahmed, a/k/a Mahmud Sipra; Miles A. Galin, M.D.; the Sanko Steamship Co., Ltd.; Sanko Kisen (U.S.A.) Corp.; M/V OGDEN FRASER, her engines, boilers, etc. Ogden Fraser Transport, Inc., Defendants. MANUEL INTERNATIONAL INC., and Manuel International D.I.S.C., Inc., Plaintiffs, v. RASCATOR MARITIME S.A.; Intra-Span, Inc.; Mahmud Ahmed, a/k/a Mahmud Sipra; Miles A. Galin, M.D.; the Sanko Steamship Co., Ltd.; Sanko Kisen (U.S.A.) Corp.; M/V OGDEN FRASER, her engines, boilers, etc.; Ogden Fraser Transport, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Rivkins, Carey, Loesberg, O'Brien & Mulroy, New York City, for plaintiffs Dow Chemical Pacific Ltd., Manuel Intern., Inc. and Manuel D.I.S.C. Intern., Inc.; Raymond P. Hayden, Philip Keith Yachmetz, New York City, of counsel.

W. Shelby Coates, Jr., New York City, for defendants Rascator Maritime, S.A. and Miles A. Galin, M.D.

Anderson, Russell, Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City, for defendants Intra-Span, Inc. and Mahmud Sipra; John H. Gross, New York City, of counsel.

Zock, Petrie & Curtin, New York City, for defendants Sanko Kisen (U.S.A.) Corp. and Sanko S.S. Co., Ltd.; Philip J. Curtin, New York City, of counsel.

Burlingham, Underwood & Lord, New York City, for defendants Ogden Fraser Transport Inc. and M/V Ogden Fraser; Michael Marks Cohen, G. Elizabeth Reese, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

Old fashioned piracy on the high seas and overwhelming greed are at the heart of this case. What makes the case unusual, however, is that the leader of the pirates is not a swashbuckling Long John Silver, but a grasping avaricious New York ophthalmologist who used other people and corporate shells to work his nefarious schemes. Once placed in the position where he might have to face justice, like a story-book pirate...

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