Legal Opinion
Argonaut Insurance v. Occidental Petroleum Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 28, 1980PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joseph P. Kuszynski, J.
Defendants Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corporation (Hooker) and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) move pursuant to CPLR 3211 to dismiss these six actions, or in the alternative to stay them in this court, upon the grounds that an identical action is pending between the same parties in the State of California. Hooker and Occidental also assert that certain persons who should be parties are absent from the litigation and that this court has no in personam jurisdiction over Occidental.
Defendants had earlier brought a similar motion in the…
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- Paramount Pictures, Inc. v. BlumenthalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
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