Legal Opinion
Ana Maria Edelmann v. The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 16, 1988No. 87-1885PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case involves the liability of a multinational New York bank for deposits in a foreign branch expropriated by the country in which the branch was located, when the expectation of the parties was that the certificates of deposit were guaranteed by the bank as a whole and would be paid in dollars at any branch of the bank anywhere in the world. In the circumstances of this case, we hold that New York law applies and that the district court erred in granting the bank’s motion to dismiss.
The plaintiffs in this case originally lived in Cuba. In December 1958, on…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
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- Sokoloff v. National City BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Willie H. Harris, Ernestine Harris v. Polskie Linie Lotnicze, AKA Lot Polish Airlines, a Corporation, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Payne v. . GardinerNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
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