Legal Opinion
Republic of Iraq v. ABB AG
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 3, 2011No. 08 Civ. 5951(SHS)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
SIDNEY H. STEIN, District Judge.
The Republic of Iraq initiated this action against more than ninety defendants to recover damages stemming from the alleged corruption of the United Nations Oil-for-Food humanitarian aid program. Among the accused wrongdoers is BNP Paribas, which operated the escrow account for the program’s funds pursuant to a contract between its corporate predecessor and the United Nations. The Republic claims to be a third-party beneficiary of that contract, which it alleges BNP breached by, inter alia, assisting others in violating the program’s rules and…
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