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MOL, INC. v. PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Civ. No. 82-892-RE.

572 F.Supp. 79 (1983)

MOL, INC., Plaintiff, v. The PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

August 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Faust, Jr., Thomas M. Triplett, David W. Axelrod, Nancie Potter Arellano, Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland, Or., for plaintiff.

Donald J. Lukes, Brophy & Lukes, Portland, Or., Laurens H. Silver, Laurie J. Nicholson, Laurence W. Kessenick, San Francisco, Cal., for amicus attys. for Animal Rights.

REDDEN, District Judge:

In this action plaintiff MOL, Inc., an Oregon corporation, seeks damages against a foreign nation, the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Defendant Bangladesh has not responded to this action and plaintiff seeks a default judgment. I deny the motion for default judgment and dismiss the action because it is barred by the Act of State Doctrine, and I lack subject matter jurisdiction over this controversy.

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