Legal Opinion
Texas Trading & Milling Corp. v. Federal Republic of Nigeria
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 16, 1981No. Nos. 644 to 647 and 1369 to 1371, Dockets 80-7703, 80-7771, 80-7773, 80-7783, 80-7803, 80-7811 and 80-7813PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
These four appeals grow out of one of the most enormous commercial disputes in history, and present questions which strike to the very heart of the modern international economic order. An African nation, developing at breakneck speed by virtue of huge exports of high-grade oil, contracted to buy huge quantities of Portland cement, a commodity crucial to the construction of its infrastructure. It overbought, and the country’s docks and harbors became clogged with ships waiting to unload. Imports of other goods ground to a halt. More vessels carrying cement…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by203 opinions
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