First City, Texas-Houston v. Rafidain Bank

OPINION AND ORDER

RAKOFF, District Judge.

The uneven course of this case has taken some further odd turns. Previously the Court had held defendant Rafidain Bank (“Rafidain”) in civil contempt for failure to provide plaintiff First City, Texas-Houston, N.A. (“First City”) with discovery sought in connection with First City’s claim that co-defendant Central Bank of Iraq (“Central Bank”) was the “alter ego” of Rafidain (a commercial bank) and therefore not entitled to sovereign immunity. While waiting in vain for Rafidain to purge its contempt, First City sought similar discovery from another…