REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA v. STANDARD FRUIT CO.

Nos. 88-2585, 89-15803.

937 F.2d 469 (1991)

REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA, a foreign sovereign, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD FRUIT COMPANY, Standard Fruit and Steamship Company, and Castle & Cooke, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith C. Appelbaum, Reichler, Choate, Appelbaum & Wippman, Washington, D.C., and Paul J. Laveroni, Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleston & Tatum, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Steven M. Schneebaum, Patton, Boogs & Blow, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before SCHROEDER, FERGUSON and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

The Republic of Nicaragua appeals from two orders of the district court which denied its motion to compel international arbitration of a contract dispute (Count I) and granted summary judgment to Standard Fruit Company ("SFC") and its two parent companies, Standard Fruit and Steamship Company ("Steamship") and Castle & Cooke, Inc. ("C & C"),1 on Nicaragua's breach of contract claim (Count II).

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