Legal Opinion
Banque Paribas v. Hamilton Industries International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 1985No. 84-1477, 84-1559PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a dispute over an international letter of credit. For general background see Rubenstein, The Issuer’s Rights and Obligations Under a Letter of Credit, 17 UCC L.J. 129 (1984); Note, Confirming Bank Liability in Letter of Credit Transactions: Whose Bank Is It Anyway?, 51 Ford.L.Rev. 1219 (1983). Hamilton Industries International, a Wisconsin corporation, bid for a subcontract with Saudi Medcenter, Ltd. (SMC), a Saudi Arabian corporation that had bid on a contract to do construction work for a Saudi Arabian university. SMC required that Hamilton’s bid…
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