Global Financial Corp. v. Triarc Corp.

Holding that where the alleged injury was "purely economic," the non-resident corporate Plaintiff's breach of contract claims accrued in the jurisdiction in which it sustained the economic impact of the alleged breach — either the state of incorporation or its principal place of business — rather than New York, thus requiring application of the borrowing statute

Portfolio Recovery v. King

Holding that, where a claim has been assigned, a court should look to the residence of the assignor to determine the place of accrual for purposes of the borrowing statute

Matter of Smith Barney v. Luckie

Holding that where choice of law clause provided that New York state law "would govern 'the agreement and its enforcement'" statute of limitations issue was for the court

John J. Kassner & Co. v. City of New York

Holding that "the cause of action accrues and the Statute of Limitations begins to run from the time of the breach" of a contract

Ministers & Missionaries Benefit Bd. v. Snow

In Ministers, the Court of Appeals held that New York choice-of-law provisions in retirement and death benefit plans for certain ministers and missionaries controlled over a New York statutory directive, EPTL 3-5.1(b)(2), that would have applied the substantive law of the decedent's domicile at death in determining the effect of the decedent's divorce on the designation of his wife as beneficiary.

Diamond Sys. v. 55 Liberty

Holding that the FAA applied since the out-of-state parties were involved in the transaction and various materials were obtained from out-of-state

In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation

Holding that information will be considered known to a government agency "if there is some relationship between [the two] agencies — either some reason for the agency without knowledge to seek the information or a reason for the knowledgeable agency to transmit the information"

In re Tronox Inc.

Finding that determination of whether a debtor received reasonably equivalent or fair value in exchange for its assets is a question of fact that could not be resolved on a motion to dismiss

Martin v. Dierck Equip. Co.

Holding that product liability claim accrued in Virginia for purposes of CPLR 202 where plaintiff was injured in Virginia but product was manufactured in New York

IRB-Brasil Resseguros, S.A. v. Inepar Investments, S.A.

Applying New York substantive law to evaluate the argument that the purported contract was void under foreign law because the board of directors never authorized it in accordance with foreign law

Section 5-1401 - Choice of law

Recognizing contracting parties' choice of New York law to govern certain major transactions

Section 5-1402 - Choice of forum