Legal Opinion
Gulf Petro Trading Co. v. Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 2008No. 06-40713PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is the latest round in a long-running dispute, previously submitted to arbitration in Switzerland, arising out of a contract to salvage “slop oil” generated by the operations of Nigeria’s state-owned oil company. Plaintiffs-appellants — a Texas oil company, its subsidiary, and its principals — appeal the district court’s dismissal of their complaint against the Nigerian company and various associated individuals. The district court concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the lawsuit, which it determined to be a collat eral attack on a foreign…
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