BANCO INDUSTRIAL DE VENEZUELA v. CREDIT SUISSE

No. 94-4985.

99 F.3d 1045 (1996)

BANCO INDUSTRIAL DE VENEZUELA, C.A., a Venezuelan Banking Institution, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CREDIT SUISSE, a Swiss Banking Institution, Maria Isabel Doyle, an Individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamara R. Piety, William L. Richey, Richey, Munroe, Rodriguez & Diaz, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lauri Waldman Ross, Maland & Ross, Miami, FL, Sam Daniels, Robert Francis Kohlman, AJ Barranco & Assocs., Miami, FL, for Credit Suisse.

Donald I. Bierman, Bierman, Shohat, Loewy & Perry, P.A., Miami, FL, for Doyle.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and WOOD, Senior Circuit Judge.


WOOD, Senior Circuit Judge:

This civil case based on diversity and federal question jurisdiction involves extensive fraud in international banking.

A brief factual summary is necessary. Plaintiff-appellant, Banco Industrial de Venezuela C.A. (BIV), referred to as a development bank, was established and is owned by the government of Venezuela. In 1983, during difficult economic times, Venezuela instituted a program designed to encourage the import of certain...

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