Sedco International, S. A. v. Cory

OPINION AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT

HANSON, Senior District Judge.

I

This litigation is the aftermath of a Middle East oil venture gone sour. The principal questions in the case are whether the original defendant and counterclaim plaintiff, Roy J. Carver, 1 was induced to join the venture through fraudulent or negligent misrepresentations of certain agents of the counterclaim defendants, Sedeo International, S.A., Sedeo, Inc., and Sedeo Energy Corporation (formerly TerraMar Consultants, Inc.); and, if so, how far the counterclaim defendants are liable for the expenses Carver incurred.

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