Stanton v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

Defendant Banque Romande, a Geneva, Switzerland-based bank, moves to dismiss the above-entitled action, including both the complaint and cross-complaint, or in lieu thereof to quash the return of service of the Order of Attachment, on the ground that New York’s at tachment statute — Section 6201 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules 1 — is unconstitutional. In the alternative, defendant seeks a more definite statement pursuant to Rule 12(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons stated herein, these motions are denied.

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