Legal Opinion
Houston Contracting Co. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 4, 1982No. 80 Civ. 3441PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
GAGLIARDI, District Judge.
Plaintiff Houston Contracting Company (“Houston”) commenced this diversity action against The Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A. (“Chase”) and Bank Tejarat, an Iranian entity and the successor-in-interest to the Iranians’ Bank, to recover $300,000 in damages due. to the failure by Chase on November 11,1979 to comply with Iranians’ Bank’s telexed instructions to transfer $300,000 to Houston. Houston and Chase have cross-moved for summary judgment on the issue dispositive of this action, namely, whether Chase is liable to Houston under N.Y.U.C.C. (“UCC”) §…
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