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REPUBLIC OF PANAMA v. REPUBLIC NAT. BANK OF N.Y.

No. 88 Civ. 1427 (LFM).

681 F.Supp. 1066 (1988)

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, Plaintiff, v. REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK, Bankers Trust Company, Irving Trust Company and Marine Midland Bank, Defendants.

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

March 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold & Porter by William D. Rogers, Daniel A. Rezneck, Kenneth V. Handal, Spencer S. Griffith, Rebecca E. Swenson, Michael D. Schissel, New York City, for plaintiff Republic of Panama.

Alan Katz, Bankers Trust Co., New York City, for defendant Bankers Trust Co.

Sullivan & Cromwell by John W. Dickey, Bruce E. Clark, Joseph E. Neuhaus, New York City, for defendant Marine Midland Bank, N.A.

Slotnick & Baker by Barry I. Slotnick, and Morrison & Foerster by Jack C. Auspitz, New York City, for intervenor Banco Nacional De Panama.

Rabinowitz Boudin Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C. by Terry Gross, New York City, and Baratta & Fenerty, Ltd. by Anthony P. Baratta, John F.X. Fenerty, Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenor Republic of Panama.

OPINION

MacMAHON, District Judge.

Plaintiff, the Republic of Panama, moves for a preliminary injunction. The action seeks to establish title to funds held by defendants, Marine Midland Bank ("Marine") and Bankers Trust Company ("Bankers Trust"), and to enjoin defendant banks from transferring funds except as directed by plaintiff's representative, Ambassador Juan B. Sosa ("Ambassador Sosa"). Asserting a property interest in the funds, Banco Nacional de Panama...

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