Legal Opinion
Union Bancaire Privee v. Nasser
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 5, 2002PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered July 9, 2001, which, upon the prior grant of defendants’ motion to dismiss upon grounds of improper venue and forum non conveniens, dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
“[I]n the light of present-day commercial realities and expanding international trade * * * [a] forum clause should control absent a strong showing that it should be set aside” (M/S Bremen v Zapata Off-Shore Co., 407 US 1, 15). No such showing was made here. Contrary to plaintiffs argument, the parties’ contractual selection of Brazil…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Islamic Republic of Iran v. PahlaviNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Koob v. IDS Financial Services, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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