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Thomas Boyle, et al., Appellants,v.Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Respondent.

Brief

25 Cited authorities

  1. Islamic Republic v. Pahlavi

    62 N.Y.2d 474 (N.Y. 1984)   Cited 707 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Diverging from federal doctrine on whether alternative forum must be available to consider forum non conveniens claims

  2. Silver v. Great Amer. Ins. Co.

    29 N.Y.2d 356 (N.Y. 1972)   Cited 292 times
    In Silver v. Great American Insurance Co., 29 N.Y.2d 356, 328 N.Y.S.2d 398, 278 N.E.2d 619 (1972), the New York Court of Appeals relaxed its previous strict requirement prohibiting the doctrine of forum non conveniens from being invoked if one of the parties was a resident of that state.

  3. Banco Ambrosiano v. Artoc Bank

    62 N.Y.2d 65 (N.Y. 1984)   Cited 169 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding sufficient contacts to support personal jurisdiction based on foreign defendant's consent to be paid in United States dollars put into a New York account and on prior routine conduct of exchange deals

  4. Bank Hapoalim v. Banca Intesa S.P.A

    26 A.D.3d 286 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)   Cited 70 times
    Noting defendant's "heavy burden" in a forum non conveniens analysis

  5. Anagnostou v. Stifel

    204 A.D.2d 61 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)   Cited 87 times

    May 3, 1994 Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Myriam J. Altman, J.). Generally, "'unless the balance is strongly in favor of the defendant, the plaintiff's choice of forum should rarely be disturbed'" (Waterways Ltd. v. Barclays Bank, 174 A.D.2d 324, 327, quoting Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 508). In this case, contrary to the IAS Court, we find that defendants did not meet their heavy burden of demonstrating that plaintiffs' selection of New York as the forum for the within

  6. Zeevi v. Grindlays Bank

    37 N.Y.2d 220 (N.Y. 1975)   Cited 111 times
    Holding that New York law governed where payment was to be rendered in New York and New York was locus of repudiation

  7. Intertec Contr. A/S v. Turner Steiner Intl., S.A.

    6 A.D.3d 1 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)   Cited 45 times

    2878, 2878A. Decided March 16, 2004. Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Lowe, III, J.), entered on or about August 6, 2002, which granted defendants' motion to dismiss the action on the ground of forum non conveniens, and from an order, same court and Justice, entered November 25, 2002, which, to the extent appealable, denied plaintiffs' motion to renew. Stephanie E. Kupferman, of counsel (Theodore R. Kupferman, Edward K. Lenci and P. Jay Wilker, on the

  8. Banco Nacional v. Chan

    169 Misc. 2d 182 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1996)   Cited 43 times   1 Legal Analyses
    In Banco, personal jurisdiction under CPLR § 302(a)(2) was sought over non-resident investment companies for their alleged acts of conversion.

  9. Yoshida Printing Co. v. Aiba

    213 A.D.2d 275 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)   Cited 41 times

    March 21, 1995 Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.). Defendant failed to meet the heavy burden of demonstrating that plaintiff's selection of New York is not in the interest of substantial justice (CPLR 327; Anagnostou v. Stifel, 204 A.D.2d 61, citing Banco Ambrosiano v. Artoc Bank Trust, 62 N.Y.2d 65, 74). Neither the fact that plaintiff is a Japanese corporation, whose witnesses may speak Japanese, nor the potential necessity of applying Japanese law, renders New

  10. Mionis v. Bank Julius Baer & Co.

    9 A.D.3d 280 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)   Cited 26 times
    Denying a motion to dismiss a case for forum non conveniens in part because the defendant foreign company had a New York branch