Legal Opinion
Japan Petroleum Co.(Nigeria) Ltd. v. Ashland Oil
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 11, 1978No. Civ. A. 76-146PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.
The present case is an action for breach of a contract entered into by the plaintiff, Japan Petroleum Co. (Nigeria) Ltd. (“Japan Petroleum”), and Ashland Oil (Nigeria) Company (“AON”). Both Japan Petroleum and AON are Nigerian corporations. The defendants are Ashland Oil, Inc. (“AOI”), a Kentucky corporation, and two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Ashland of Nigeria, Ltd., and Ashland Nigerian Development Company, both Delaware corporations. The complaint alleges diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
In June 1976, the defendants filed a…
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