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NATIONAL AMERICAN CORP. v. FED. REP. OF NIGERIA

No. 76 Civ. 2745 (GLG).

448 F.Supp. 622 (1978)

NATIONAL AMERICAN CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA and Central Bank of Nigeria, Defendants.

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

March 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eaton, Van Winkle, Greenspoon & Grutman, New York City, for plaintiff, by Norman Roy Grutman, Jeffrey H. Daichman, Richard A. Rubin, New York City, of counsel.

Kissam, Halpin & Genovese, New York City, for defendants, by Leo T. Kissam, James G. Simms, Dennis J. Crossley, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge.

Introduction

In the spring of 1975, for reasons which never clearly emerged despite a trial lasting three weeks, defendant, Federal Republic of Nigeria ("Nigeria"), acting through its Permanent Ministry of Defense, mounted a massive cement purchase program. The quantity ordered in sixty-eight contracts from various internationally placed suppliers aggregated over twenty million metric tons. One suggested...

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