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AFCODIAN (INTERN.) LTD. v. BROMPTON AIR SERVICES

No. 84-1519.

753 F.2d 176 (1985)

AFCODIAN (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BROMPTON AIR SERVICES DIVISION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRADE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Z. Robinson, New York City, with whom Thomas G. Gentithes and Randy J. Reisch, New York City, were on brief for plaintiff, appellant.

Carolyn M. Conway, Boston, Mass., with whom DiMento & Sullivan, Boston, Mass., was on brief for defendant, appellee Philip C. Garber.

Before COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this diversity case is whether a Massachusetts statute, Mass.Gen. Laws ch. 223, § 42A, prevents a court from awarding interest to a party that shows it is legally entitled to an entire sum of money that it has attached. The statute limits attachments to "the amount of the claim and such additional amount as is reasonably necessary to include interest [and costs]." The district court evidently felt that this statute means that...

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