F. & H.R. FARMAN-FARMAIAN CONS. ENG. v. HARZA ENG.

No. 88-3133.

882 F.2d 281 (1989)

F. & H.R. FARMAN-FARMAIAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS FIRM and Farough Farman-Farmaian, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HARZA ENGINEERING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1989.

As Amended August 24, 1989.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann E. Acker, Donna Ross Daniels, Lenore L. MacDonald, Chapman & Cutler, Chicago, Ill., John Vanderstar, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gary L. Prior, William C. Meyers, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., Jerry D. Anker, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr. and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This lawsuit — a bit of fallout from the Iranian Revolution — was filed under the alienage component of the federal diversity jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(2). The plaintiffs are F. & H.R. Farman-Farmaian Consulting Engineers Firm ("Consulting Firm," for short), an Iranian corporation, and Farough Farman-Farmaian, an Iranian citizen now resident in London. The defendant is Harza Engineering Company, a Delaware corporation...

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