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The Commercial Bank of Kuwait v. Rafidain Bank and Central Bank of Iraq

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided January 19, 1994No. 533, Docket 93-7552PublishedCited by 131 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Rafidain Bank and Central Bank of Iraq (respectively, Rafidain and CBI; collectively the Iraqi Banks or appellants) appeal from a judgment dated May 5, 1993 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Leonard B. Sand, J., granting the motion of plaintiff-appellee Commercial Bank of Kuwait (Commercial) for a default judgment. Commercial seeks recovery on certain “garden-variety” commercial obligations owed to it by the Iraqi Banks. This appeal requires us to examine the “commercial activity” exception to sovereign immunity…

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