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Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Scmetterer EURO RSCG Inc. v. Aegis Group PLC
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 1, 1997No. 96 Civ. 3596(MGC)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CEDARBAUM, District Judge.
Plaintiff Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer EURO RSCG Inc. (“Messner Vetere”) alleges that defendant Aegis Group PLC orally agreed to assume the obligations under a lease which was entered into by a predeeessor-in-interest of Messner Vetere. Messner Vetere seeks a declaratory judgment that Aegis assumed all the obligations under the lease as well as damages for breach of contract.
Aegis moves to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) on the ground that the claim is barred by New York’s Statute of Frauds and pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 19 for failing to…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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