Legal Opinion
David Braka, Ivor Braka, Murray Braka, Moises Braka, Isaac Braka, Percy N. Scherr, Lisa Bogart and Susan Bogart v. Bancomer, S.N.C.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 20, 1985No. 694, Docket 84-7626PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal represents our second opportunity in recent months to consider the effect of foreign financial decrees on the investments of United States entities. Because we agree with the district court that plaintiffs’ recovery is barred by the act of state doctrine, we affirm the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sofaer, J., dismissing plaintiffs' complaint, 589 F.Supp. 1465 (S.D.N.Y.1984).
In our previous excursion into the intricacies of the act of state doctrine, Allied Bank International v. Banco Credito Agricola de…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Banco Nacional De Cuba v. SabbatinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of CubaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Texas Trading & Milling Corp. v. Federal Republic of NigeriaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Ramiro Arango and Gabriella Arango, Individually, Etc., Plaintiffs v. Guzman Travel Advisors Corporation, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Nelson Bunker Hunt v. Mobil Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by37 opinions
- William F. Callejo, Individually and as Trustee, and Adelfa B. Callejo, as Trustee v. Bancomer, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Antares Aircraft, L.P. v. Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Nigerian Airports AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- David Shapiro v. The Republic of Bolivia, the Bolivian Air Force and the Central Bank of BoliviaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Josefina Najarro De Sanchez v. Banco Central De Nicaragua, a Foreign Banking CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Raphael Bigio, Bahia Bigio, Ferial Salma Bigio and B. Bigio & Co. v. The Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola Export CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
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