Mashreqbank PSC, Appellant,v.Ahmed Hamad A1 Gosaibi & Brothers Company, Respondent.---------------------------------Ahmed Hamad Al Gosaibi & Brothers Company, Third-Party Respondent, v. Maan Abdul Waheed Al Sanea, Third-Party Appellant, Awal Bank BSC, Third-Party Defendant.
454 U.S. 235 (1981) Cited 4,729 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that potential change in law cannot, by itself, fend off dismissal under forum non conveniens absent showing that new law is "clearly inadequate or unsatisfactory"
330 U.S. 501 (1947) Cited 5,597 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that private interest factors include the "availability of compulsory process for attendance of un-willing, and the cost of obtaining attendance of willing, witnesses"
Holding that "a foreign bank's repeated use of a correspondent account in New York on behalf of a client ... show purposeful availment" sufficient to meet the transacting-business prong of New York's long-arm statute
Upholding personal jurisdiction over defendant public university located in Texas based upon use of a correspondent bank in New York to carry out a transaction with plaintiff New York securities dealer where other contacts existed—i.e., the disputed “reverse repurchase” agreements involved phone calls and visits to plaintiff's office in New York, and the placing of a securities order and delivery and payment in that office
Finding no personal jurisdiction where there was only a single fund transfer through correspondent account that the defendant bank rejected at target account holder's direction
Stating that the defendant, a multinational corporation, could not plausibly argue it is not amenable to suit in the forum district in which it is headquartered