Legal Opinion
Bawol Cabiri and Efua Cabiri v. Government of the Republic of Ghana
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 26, 1999No. 1997, Docket 97-9563PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Bawol Cabiri was employed by the Republic of Ghana (“Ghana”) as its trade representative to the United States, and enjoyed the use of a house in Westbury, New York pursuant to his employment contract. In 1986, Ghana summoned Cabiri home — where he alleges that he was detained and tortured— and undertook to discharge Cabiri from his post. When Ghana sued in state court to evict the Cabiri family from the Westbury house in which they had remained after Ba-wol Cabiri was recalled, Bawol Cabiri asserted counterclaims for breach of contract, abuse of trust, fraudulent…
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