Legal Opinion
Desai v. Hersh
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 14, 1989No. 83 C 4232PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED ORDER
NORGLE, District Judge.
Before the court is defendant’s motion to dismiss Counts II, III and IV of plaintiff’s four-count amended complaint, which seeks in the aggregate $185 Million in damages, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the following reasons, the motion is granted in part and the remainder treated as a motion for summary judgment, with further briefing allowed.
FACTS
Plaintiff, Moraiji Desai, is a citizen of India. In his own words, he has served India as a “judge, state official, member of Parliament, cabinet member, finance minister,…
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