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HESTER INTERN. CORP. v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

Nos. 88-4178, 88-4219.

879 F.2d 170 (1989)

HESTER INTERNATIONAL CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. Jack M. KOONCE, Individually and d/b/a Koonce Engineering Service, Movant-Appellant. HESTER INTERNATIONAL CORP., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, National Grains Production Co., Limited, A Company Incorporated in Nigeria, and the Government of Cross River State of Nigeria, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allain F. Hardin, A. Remy Fransen, Wiedemann & Fransen, New Orleans, for Koonce.

Thomas W. Prewitt, Richard C. Bradley, III, Prewitt & Bradley, Jackson, Miss., for Hester Intern. Corp.

Walker W. Jones, III, E. Clifton Hodge, Jr., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Clavarie & Sims, for Federal Republic of Nigeria, et al.

Before REAVLEY, WILLIAMS and JONES, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Hester International Corporation (HIC) appeals the district court's order granting the Federal Republic of Nigeria relief from a previous judgment and the court's subsequent dismissal of HIC's claim against Nigeria for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Jack M. Koonce appeals the district court's denial of his motion for intervention in the case between HIC and Nigeria. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

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