Legal Opinion
Endico v. Fonte
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 24, 2007No. 07 Civ. 2398(LAK)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Michael Endico brings this action in his own right and derivatively on behalf of 9 South First Avenue Associates, LLC (“9 South”) against Mark and William Fonte and two entities they control, ME Development Group, LLC, and Trifont Realty, LLC. The gist of the claim is that the Fontes fraudulently induced Endi-co to transfer to them a two-thirds interest in 9 South, which Endico previously had owned entirely, without paying him for it and then looted and otherwise wasted its assets. The sole alleged basis of federal jurisdiction is a…
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