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AMERADA HESS SHIPPING CORP. v. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

Nos. 333, 334, Dockets 86-7602, 86-7603.

830 F.2d 421 (1987)

AMERADA HESS SHIPPING CORPORATION, Appellant, v. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, Appellee. UNITED CARRIERS, INC., Appellant, v. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Last Supplemental Brief filed July 24, 1987.

Decided September 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Burke & Parsons, New York City (Raymond J. Burke, Jr., Frances C. Peters, of counsel), for appellant United Carriers, Inc.

Bruno A. Ristau, Washington, D.C. (Kaplan Russin & Vecchi, Kaplan Russin Vecchi & Kirkwood, New York City, Anthony E. Davis, of counsel), for appellee Argentine Republic.

Frank L. Wiswall, Jr., Reston, Va., for The Republic of Liberia, as amicus curiae.

James T. Lafferty, New York City, for Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey, as amicus curiae.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., David Epstein, Michael J. Singer, Attys., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., New York City, Abraham D. Sofaer, Legal Adviser, Elizabeth Verville, Deputy Legal Advisor, Bruce C. Rashkow, Eugene Pinkelmann, Attys., Dept. of State, Washington, D.C., for the U.S., as amicus curiae.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, OAKES and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

This case presents the important question whether a federal district court has jurisdiction over a claim that a foreign sovereign, in violation of international law, attacked on the high seas a neutral ship engaged in the United States domestic trade. Amerada Hess Shipping Corporation (Amerada) and United Carriers, Inc. (United) appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert L. Carter...

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