Hbouss v. Bank of Montreal

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered August 16, 2004, dismissing the complaint on forum non conveniens grounds, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered July 19, 2004, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the judgment.

The motion court properly considered all relevant factors (see Islamic Republic of Iran v Pahlavi, 62 NY2d 474, 479 [1984], cert denied 469 US 1108 [1985]) and properly concluded that New York was not a convenient forum for litigating the instant dispute. This case has no…