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TRANSPORTES AEREOS DE ANGOLA v. RONAIR, INC.

Civ. A. No. 81-120.

544 F.Supp. 858 (1982)

TRANSPORTES AEREOS DE ANGOLA, Plaintiff, v. RONAIR, INC., and Jet Traders Investment Corporation d/b/a Commercial Air Transport Sales, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Alton Tybout of Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, P. A., Wilmington, Del., and Michael B. Standard and Emily M. Bass of Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P. C., New York City, for plaintiff, Transportes Aereos de Angola.

Allen M. Terrell, Jr., of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., and Thomas E. Engel and Michele K. Spike of Hale, Russell & Gray, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Ronair, Inc.

James A. Robb, Wilmington, Del., and Linda K. Raspolich of Abrams, Anton, Robbins, Resnick, Schneider & Mager, P. A., Hollywood, Fla., for defendant Jet Traders Inv. Corp.

OPINION

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

In this case of first impression in this Circuit, the Court must decide whether a state-owned corporation of the People's Republic of Angola, a country with which the United States at present maintains no diplomatic relations, is entitled to prosecute a breach of contract action in the courts of the United States. Relying upon a long-standing principle that instrumentalities of foreign governments not recognized by the United...

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