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BIGIO v. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

No. 98-9058.

239 F.3d 440 (2000)

Raphael BIGIO, Bahia Bigio, Ferial Salma Bigio and B. Bigio & Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The COCA-COLA COMPANY and The Coca-Cola Export Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. August Term, 1999.

Decided: December 7, 2000.

Amended: January 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Lewin, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, L.L.P., Washington, DC (Grant R. Vinik, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, L.L.P., of counsel; Edward L. Sadowsky and Andrew M. Zeitlin, Tenzer, Greenblatt, L.L.P., New York, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William M. Dreyer, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (Laurence V. Senn, Jr., and Richard F. Hans, King & Spalding, New York, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Heather J. Friedman, New Haven, CT, submitted a brief for Amicus Curiae Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic.

Robert L. Weinberg, Washington, DC, submitted a brief for Amicus Curiae International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, American Section.

Before McLAUGHLIN, JACOBS, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

AMENDED OPINION

SACK, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of a seizure and confiscation of foreign property allegedly in violation of New York State and international law. The plaintiffs, Raphael Bigio, Bahia Bigio, Ferial Salma Bigio and B. Bigio & Co. (collectively, "the Bigios") seek damages from the defendants, The Coca-Cola Company and The Coca-Cola Export Corporation (collectively, "Coca-Cola"), for their conduct in connection with the nationalization...

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