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KOEPPEL & KOEPPEL v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

No. 86 Civ. 7617 (PNL).

704 F.Supp. 521 (1989)

KOEPPEL & KOEPPEL and Tenth City Associates, Plaintiffs, v. The FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, Bamidele O. Awokoya, Office of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Felix Igbinosun, Defendants.

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

February 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Donnell Fox & Gartner, New York City (Kenneth A. Bloom, of counsel), and Elliott R. Feldman, Mark T. Mullen, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Lawlor & Caulfield, New York City (Michael J. Caulfield, of counsel), for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

LEVAL, District Judge.

Defendant, Bamidele O. Awokoya ("Awokoya"), former Consul General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, moves for a protective order barring the taking of discovery pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. Rules 56(b) and 26(c) for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint by reason of consular immunity from suit.

BACKGROUND

The action is brought by Koeppel & Koeppel and Tenth City Associates to recover for...

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