Legal Opinion
National Petrochemical Co. of Iran v. M/T Stolt Sheaf
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 27, 1987No. 86 Civ. 7505 (RO)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER
OWEN, District Judge.
The National Petrochemical Company of Iran commenced this action to recover losses incurred in a scheme to ship chemicals from the United States to Iran in violation of the trade embargo. 1 This motion presents the critical preliminary issue of whether plaintiff is an entity of the current government of Iran and as such is not entitled to sue in the courts of the United States.
Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution provides:
The judicial Power shall extend to all cases ... between a State or the Citizens thereof, and foreign…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Banco Nacional De Cuba v. SabbatinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pfizer Inc. v. Government of IndiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Federal Republic of Germany v. ElicofonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1972
- Iran Handicraft & Carpet Export Center v. Marjan International Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1987
3Cited by3 opinions
- National Petrochemical Co. of Iran v. The M/T Stolt SheafCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- National Petrochemical Co. of Iran v. M/T Stolt SheafDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- National Petrochemical Company Of Iran v. The M/T Stolt SheafCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988