Raphael Gregorian California International Trade Corporation v. Izvestia Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics V/o Licensintorg, and V/o Medexport, Raphael Gregorian and California International Trade Corporation v. Izvestia Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics V/o Medexport, and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics V/o Licensintorg

871 F.2d 1515 13 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1030 Raphael GREGORIAN; California International Trade Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. IZVESTIA; Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; V/O Licensintorg, Defendants, and V/O Medexport, Defendant-Appellant. Raphael GREGORIAN and California International Trade Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. IZVESTIA; Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; V/O Medexport, Defendants-Appellees, and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; V/O Licensintorg, Defendants. Nos. 87-5903, 88-5562. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 6, 1988. Decided April 12, 1989. John Mage, Wolf, Popper, Ross & Wolf & Jones, New York City, for defendant-appellant/cross-appellee. Gerald L. Kroll, Kroll & Firestone, Los Angeles, Cal., for the plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants. Douglas Letter, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the amicus U.S. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before PREGERSON, REINHARDT and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 The two appeals in this case stem from a suit brought by…