Nemelka v. Questor Management Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*506Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Karla Moskowitz, J.), entered September 18, 2006, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The motion court correctly held that, notwithstanding plaintiffs’ characterization of its relationship with defendants as coinvestors, partners or joint venturers, plaintiffs’ claim is actually one for breach of an oral contract under which plaintiffs agreed to procure a business opportunity for defendants and defendants agreed that a portion of plaintiffs’ compensation was to be in the form of a limited right to…
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