Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit December 10, 1980, 78-1518 (Pan-Islamic Trade Corporation v. Exxon Corporation)

R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Pan-Islamic Trade Corporation (“Pan-Islamic”) brought suit against sixteen oil companies,

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claiming that it was prevented from selling Algerian crude oil which it had purchased from Sonatrach, the national oil company of Algeria, as a result of an unlawful worldwide boycott and conspiracy against Algerian oil entered into by the defendant oil companies.