BIRCH SHIPPING v. EMBASSY OF UNITED REPUBLIC

Misc. No. 80-247.

507 F.Supp. 311 (1980)

BIRCH SHIPPING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. The EMBASSY OF the UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. of Columbia.

November 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Coleman, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

William L. Farrar, Jr., Schweitzer, Hirschmann & Farrar, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

JOHN LEWIS SMITH, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiff in this action is a shipowner attempting to execute a judgment against the defendant, the Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania. The underlying dispute arises out of a contract for shipment of a load of corn, the purchase of which was financed by the United States Department of Agriculture, from New Orleans to Tanzania. The parties agreed to submit the dispute to arbitration and they also agreed...

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