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U.S. FIDELITY AND GUAR. v. BRASPETRO OIL SERVICES

Docket Nos. 02-9185, 02-9187.

369 F.3d 34 (2004)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY and American Home Assurance Company, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants, v. BRASPETRO OIL SERVICES COMPANY, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., formerly known as Bank of Tokyo, Ltd.-Japan, and Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 20, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Robbins, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP, Washington, D.C. (Roy T. Englert, Jr., Gary A. Orseck, Alan E. Untereiner, Arnon D. Siegel, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP, Washington, D.C.; Ian A.L. Strogatz, Brian P. Flaherty & Anthony R. Twardowski, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, LLP, Philadelphia, Pa., on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants.

Howard L. Vickery, Cameron & Hornbostel LLP, New York, N.Y. (Peter A. Hornbostel, Alexander W. Sierck, Jonathan S. Sanoff, Jayni Edelstein Alegeri, Cameron & Hornbostel, New York, N.Y.; John R. Horan, Kathleen M. Kundar, Oleg Rivkin, Fox Horan & Camerini LLP, New York, N.Y.; Lisa C. Cohen, Steven R. Schindler, Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.

Armen Shahinian & Scott D. Baron, Wolff & Samson PC, New York, N.Y., for Amicus Curiae, The Surety Association of America.

Before: CARDAMONE, MINER and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

MINER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-counter-defendants-appellants, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company ("USF & G") and American Home Assurance Company (collectively, "Appellants" or the "Sureties"), appeal from judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Koeltl, J.), entered after a two-month, technically-complex bench trial that resulted in a damages award of over $370 million and generated a record on appeal...

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