Legal Opinion

Walpex Trading Co. v. Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided April 21, 1992No. 84 Civ. 4364 (PKL)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

LEISURE, District Judge.

This is a breach of contract action brought by Walpex Trading Company (“Walpex”), a New York corporation engaged in international exports, against Ya-cimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (“YPFB”), an instrumentality of the Bolivian government which purchases supplies for that country’s national oil program, with jurisdiction founded on section 1605(a)(2) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA” or “Act”), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2), and 28 U.S.C. § 1330(a). Currently before the Court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, argued…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Walpex Trading Co. v. Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales BolinianosDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995