BELGRADE v. SIDEX INTERN. FURNITURE CORP.

Nos. 97 Civ. 3376(LAK), 97 Civ. 3912(LAK), 97 Civ. 3913(LAK) and 97 Civ. 6478(LAK).

2 F.Supp.2d 407 (1998)

Jugobanka A.D. BELGRADE, Plaintiff, v. SIDEX INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. Jugobanka A.D. BELGRADE, Plaintiff, v. U.C.F. INTERNATIONAL TRADING, INC., et ano., Defendants. Jugobanka A.D. BELGRADE, Plaintiff, v. EURO INTERNATIONAL PTY., LTD., et ano., Defendants. Jugobanka A.D. BELGRADE, Plaintiff, v. SK PRODUCTS CORP., et ano., Defendants.

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

March 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deyan Ranko Brashich, New York, NY, for plaintiff.

Ariane D. Austin, Andrew J. Rossman, Jonathan M. Jacobson, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., New York, NY, Edward O. Delaney, Frank McCloskey, Bart A. Karwath, Mark J. Dinsmore, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for defendants Sidex International Furniture Corporation, S.O.U.R. Sipad, Sarajevo, and its successor in interest Sipad Holding Sarajevo, Sipad Export-Import, Sarajevo, and its successor in interest, Sipad Export-Import, Sarajevo.

Carolyn T. Ellis, Coudert Brothers, New York, NY, for defendants Slovenijales D.D., U.C.F. International Trading, Inc., and SK Products Corp.

Wendy H. Schwartz, Assistant United States Attorney, Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Steven D. McCreary, David R. Andrews, United States Department of State, Washington, DC.


OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

In the early part of the 1990's, the secession of Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzogovina led to the dissolution of the Socialist Federated Republic of Yugoslavia ("SFRY"). Tidal forces driven by ethnic, religious, and nationalistic rivalries in the wake of that collapse have inflicted an extended period of strife on the region. These four actions are part of that turmoil.

Jugobanka A.D. Belgrade ("Jugobanka...

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