Legal Opinion
Walpex Trading Co. v. Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivanos
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 1, 1989No. 84 Civ. 4364 (PKL)PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LEISURE, District Judge.
This extraordinary case has, over the course of several years, consumed more legal, financial and judicial resources in the litigation of essentially threshold issues than scores of cases that have been filed, resolved and forgotten in this Court during the same time period.
This is an action for breach of contract. Plaintiff Walpex Trading Co., Inc. (“Wal-pex”) is engaged in the business of exporting goods. Defendant Yacimientos Petrol-íferos Fiscales Bolivianos (“YPFB”) is a corporate instrumentality of Bolivia. Wal-pex alleges that, after an…
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