PEPSICO INC. v. OCAAT

No. 96 Civ. 7817 (JSR).

945 F.Supp. 69 (1996)

PEPSICO INC. and Pepsi-Cola Panamericana, S.A., Petitioners, v. OFICINA CENTRAL DE ASESORIA Y AYUDA TECNICA, C.A., C.A. Embotelladora Antimano, Embotelladora Aragua, S.A., Embotelladora Barinas, S.A., Embotelladora Carabobo, S.A., C.A. Embotelladora Caracas, Embotelladora Caroni, S.A., C.A. Embotelladora Coro, Gaseosas Orientales, S.A., Embotelladora Guarico, S.A., Embotelladora Guayana, S.A., Hit De Venezuela, S.A., Embotelladora La Perla, S.A., C.A. Embotelladora Lara, Embotelladora Maturin, S.A., C.A. Embotelladora Nacional, Embotelladora Orinoco, S.A., C.A. Embotelladora Tàchira, C.A. Embotelladora Valera, Respondents.

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

October 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cravath Swaine & Moore by Thomas Barr, Sandra Goldstein, Katherine Forrest, New York City, for petitioners.

Rogers & Wells by James Benedict, Marlin Seidel, New York City, for respondents.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

RAKOFF, District Judge.

By order to show cause, petitioners move for immediate determination of a Petition filed October 16, 1996 that seeks to compel arbitration of respondents' contractual disputes with petitioners and to enjoin respondents from further litigating those disputes in the courts of Venezuela. Respondents, in turn, ask the Court to decline jurisdiction as a matter of international comity. After full consideration of...

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