Banco Frances E Brasileiro S. A. v. Doe

36 N.Y.2d 592 (1975)

Banco Frances E. Brasileiro S. A., Appellant,

v.

John Doe No. 1, Respondent, et al., Defendants. Martin E. Silfen, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued February 21, 1975.

Decided May 8, 1975.

Donald N. Dirks, Philip C. Potter, Jr. and Mark L. Austrian for appellant.

Martin E. Silfen, P.C., and Stephen Gillers for John Doe No. 1, respondent.

Herman E. Cooper for Martin E. Silfen, respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur with Judge JASEN; Judge WACHTLER dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion.

JASEN, J.

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