COMMERCIAL BANK OF KUWAIT v. RAFIDAIN BANK

No. 533, Docket 93-7552.

15 F.3d 238 (1994)

The COMMERCIAL BANK OF KUWAIT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RAFIDAIN BANK and Central Bank of Iraq, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian T. Murnane, New York City (Richards & O'Neil, Edward L. Powers, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Robert Penchina, New York City (Rogers & Wells, Donald F. Luke, Dawn M. Conry, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: FEINBERG, PIERCE and MINER, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Rafidain Bank and Central Bank of Iraq (respectively, Rafidain and CBI; collectively the Iraqi Banks or appellants) appeal from a judgment dated May 5, 1993 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Leonard B. Sand, J., granting the motion of plaintiff-appellee Commercial Bank of Kuwait (Commercial) for a default judgment. Commercial seeks recovery on certain "garden-variety" commercial obligations...

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