GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ v. ROBERT W. HUNT COMPANY

No. 19840.

345 F.2d 788 (1965)

GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, Appellant, v. ROBERT W. HUNT COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius A. Leetham, Los Angeles, Cal., Carl L. Shipley, Shipley, Akerman & Pickett, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Bruce A. Vevan, Jr., Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES, MERRILL and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge:

On April 23, 1962, the Government of Iraq filed a complaint in the district court for breach of contract, rescission, fraud and exemplary damages against sellers of military spare parts (principally L. A. Parts Co., Inc., a corporation) and against appellee corporation, a spare parts inspector. The jurisdiction of the district court was invoked under the diversity of citizenship provision. (28 U. S.C. § 1332(a) (2).) Judgment was subsequently...

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