Legal Opinion
Wight v. BankAmerica Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 25, 2000No. Docket No. 99-7718PublishedCited by 276 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BACKGROUND
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
In 1991 the Bank of Credit and Commerce International and its various related entities (“BCCI”) collapsed amidst claims of spectacular fraud and chicanery. In July of that year, bank regulators across the world moved to seize BCCI’s assets and bring the bank under court supervision. Plaintiffs are liquidators appointed by courts in England and the Cayman Islands to wind up BCCI’s affairs and to supervise the collection of its assets (“the Liquidators”). Defendants are successors in interest to various entities including Security Pacific International Bank…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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