Legal Opinion
Verlinden B v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 21, 1980No. 79 Civ. 1150PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Verlinden B.V. (“Verlinden”), a Dutch corporation with its principal offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, commenced this action for anticipatory breach of an irrevocable documentary letter of credit established in its favor by the defendant Central Bank of Nigeria, and advised and payable by its correspondent bank, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York. The defendant Central Bank of Nigeria (“Central Bank”) is the central bank of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (“Nigeria”) and is an “agency or instrumentality of a foreign state” within the meaning…
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