Legal Opinion
Republic of Lebanon v. Sotheby's
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 8, 1990PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol E. Huff, J.), entered May 29, 1990, which, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction barring defendants from transferring possession or ownership of the Sevso Treasure or transporting it outside the City of New York, directed plaintiff and intervenor-defendant the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to post a $14,000,000 bond to be divided equally between them, and denied defendant trustee’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 327 on forum non conveniens grounds, unanimously modified in the exercise of…
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