Legal Opinion
Licci Ex Rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 5, 2012No. Docket 10-1306-cvPublishedCited by 503 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question whether a foreign bank’s maintenance and use of a correspondent banking account in New York to conduct wire transfers on behalf of a foreign client renders it amenable to personal jurisdiction in New York under the state’s long-arm statute to defend against claims asserted by victims of terrorist attacks committed abroad. The plaintiffs are several dozen American, Canadian, and Israeli citizens, all of whom reside in Israel, who were injured, or whose family members were killed or injured, in rocket attacks allegedly committed by…
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