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AMERADA HESS SHIPPING CORP. v. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

Nos. 85 Civ. 4365 (RLC), 85 Civ. 4378 (RLC).

638 F.Supp. 73 (1986)

AMERADA HESS SHIPPING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, Defendant. UNITED CARRIERS, INC., Plaintiff, v. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, Defendant.

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

May 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Rivkins, Carey, Loesberg, O'Brien & Mulroy, New York City, for plaintiff Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.; Richard H. Webber, Douglas R. Burnett, of counsel.

Burke & Parsons, New York City, for plaintiff United Carriers, Inc.; Raymond J. Burke, Jr., Francis C. Peters, of counsel.

Kaplan Russin & Vecchi, Washington, D.C., Kaplan Russin Vecchi & Kirkwood, New York City, for defendant Republic of Argentina; Bruno A. Ristau, Washington, D.C., Jeanne Ferris Siegel, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

The Argentine Republic, defendant in these two related actions, has moved to dismiss both of the complaints for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction by virtue of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA"), Pub.L. No. 94-583, 90 Stat. 2891, codified at 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1332(a)(2)-(4), 1391(f), 1441(d) and 1602-1611.

Plaintiff United Carriers, Inc. ("United Carriers"), a Liberian corporation...

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