Legal Opinion
Sarakhman v. Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, LTD.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 29, 2025No. 1:24-cv-05817Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK NIKOLAI SARAKHMAN, Plaintiff, 24-CV-5817 (JGLC) -against- OPINION AND ORDER SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCE AND LEASING COMPANY, LTD., Defendant. JESSICA G. L. CLARKE, United States District Judge: Plaintiff Nikolai Sarakhman (“Plaintiff”), who also goes by “Nick,” alleges that Defendant Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, LTD. (“Sumitomo” or “Defendant”) discriminated against him on the basis of his Russian and Belarussian ancestry when it denied his credit application and purportedly refused to honor a financing agreement it…
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