PaineWebber Inc. v. Westgate Group, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Defendant, The Westgate Group, Inc. (“Westgate”), has moved pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction over the person or, alternatively, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is granted in part.
PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
Plaintiff PaineWebber Incorporated (“PaineWebber”), a citizen of New York, brought this diversity action on August 21, 1989, alleging that Westgate, a citizen of…
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