Legal Opinion
Mormels v. Girofinance, S. A.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 13, 1982No. 81 Civ. 5010PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
This is an action by Juergen Mormels and Hauke Martens, citizens of Germany and residents of San Jose, Costa Rica, and Joseph Phillips, a citizen of Texas and also a resident of Costa Rica, 1 to recover monies allegedly converted by their broker, defendant Girofinance S. A. (“Girofinance”), a Costa Rican corporation, whose affairs are currently the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding in Costa Rica. Also named as defendants are E. F. Hutton & Co. (“Hutton”), an investment banking and brokerage firm having its principal place of business in New York, and…
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