Legal Opinion
Centre-Point Merchant Bank Ltd. v. American Express Bank Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 9, 1996No. 95 Civ. 5000 (LMM)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
McKENNA, District Judge.
Defendant American Express Bank Ltd. (“Amex”) moves to dismiss counts I, II, IV, V, VI and VII of Plaintiff Centre-Point Merchant Bank Limited’s (“Centre-Point’s”) Complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Centre-Point brings a number of common law tort and contract claims, as well as a claim under New York’s Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) (count III). The claims arise from Amex’ failure to debit Centre-Point’s account and reinvest the funds, as instructed by telex, and Amex’ wire transfer of $702,976.63 from Centre-Point’s account at Amex,…
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