Legal Opinion

Chester Color Separations, Inc. v. Trefoil Capital Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 12, 1995PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Myriam Altman, J.), entered November 3, 1993, which, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ second cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The parties’ debtor-creditor relationship was based upon arm’s length transactions, including the mortgaging of real property. Defendants never occupied the kind of position of *277trust with plaintiffs that would create a fiduciary relationship between them (see, American Bank & Trust Co. v Lichtenstein, 48 AD2d 790,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Banque Nationale de Paris v. 1567 Broadway Ownership AssociatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. American Bank & Trust Co. v. LichtensteinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
  3. American Bank & Trust Co. v. LichtensteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1976

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Wiener v. Lazard Freres & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. Village on Canon v. Bankers Trust Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1996
  3. AM Cosmetics, Inc. v. SolomonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1999
  4. CFSC Capital Corp. XXVII v. W.J. Bachman Mechanical Sheet Metal Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. ORIX Real Estate Capital Markets, LLC v. Superior Bank, FSBDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2000

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