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ASKIR v. BOUTROS-GHALI

No. 95 Civ. 11008 (JGK).

933 F.Supp. 368 (1996)

Abdi Hosh ASKIR, Plaintiff, v. Boutros BOUTROS-GHALI, individually and in his official capacity; Joseph E. Connor, individually and in his official capacity; Brown & Root Services Corp.; and "Doe" Corporations 1 through 10, Defendants.

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

July 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy Wilson, Jr., White Plains, New York, G. Lukongwa Binaisa, New York City, for Plaintiff.

Hans Corell, Under Secretary General for Legal Affairs United Nations, New York City, Papers submitted on behalf of the United Nations.

Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Wendy H. Schwartz, M. Chinta Gaston, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York City, for United States of America, as amicus curiae.

Robert W. Gaffey, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City, for Defendant Brown & Root.

OPINION AND ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge:

This is an action to recover in excess of $190 million in damages relating to the alleged unauthorized and unlawful possession of the plaintiff's property in Mogadishu, Somalia during the United Nations' military and humanitarian operations there beginning in or about April 1992. The plaintiff's property is a compound encompassing approximately one million square meters containing an office complex, a hotel...

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