Legal Opinion
Cromer Finance Ltd. v. Berger
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 16, 2001No. 00 CIV. 2284(DLC), 00 CIV. 2498(DLC)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
COTE, District Judge.
Four accounting firms based in Bermuda have moved to dismiss these federal securities actions on the ground of forum non conveniens. The plaintiffs in the Cromer class action and in the Argos join-der action 1 were investors in the Manhattan Investment Fund, Ltd. (“Fund”), an off-shore investment fund established under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, but managed from New York by defendant Michael Berger (“Berger”). Berger is an Austrian citizen who lives in New York. The Fund traded United States securities and the plaintiffs allege enormous losses…
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