Legal Opinion
Adler v. Federal Republic of Nigeria
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 17, 2000No. Nos. 98-55456, 98-55460PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge PREGERSON; Dissent by Judge NOONAN.
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
At the center of this case is an illegal contract between plaintiff James Adler and various Nigerian individuals, including at least one government official, to convert Nigerian government funds for their personal use. The individual Nigerian defendants proposed the agreement to Adler, but did not perform their side of the bargain. Adler did perform, and now seeks to recover over five million dollars he paid to further the illegal contract and to bribe Nigerian government officials. The issue before this court is…
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