FULWOOD v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

No. 12-2143.

734 F.3d 72 (2013)

Ronnie FULWOOD, Plaintiff, Appellant, Mortimer Off Shore Ltd., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, Defendant, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale; HSH Nordbank AG; Westlb AG; Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen; LBBW Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Scher , with whom Rachel Kramer and Foley & Lardner LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Jeffrey Harris , with whom, Max Riederer von Paar , Walter E. Diercks , Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harris & Cooke, LLP, Evan Fray-Witzer , and Ciampa Fray-Witzer, LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Within the last decade, bondholders who acquired old German Agra Bonds issued in 1928 to aid Germany's agricultural recovery from World War I have sued both the Federal Republic of Germany and enumerated German Banks in the federal courts for payment on the bonds. Two plaintiffs in 2010 brought such suits in federal court in Massachusetts, seeking over $7 billion in accrued principal and interest on some 1,694 Agra Bonds.

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