Legal Opinion

Mayers v. Stone Castle Partners, LLC

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 8, 2015No. 654075/13 650410/10PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Saxe, J.

Stone Castle Partners, LLC (SCP) and its affiliates challenge a ruling disqualifying their chosen counsel. We hold that counsel’s disqualification was not required under these circumstances.

SCP, defendant in action No. 1 and plaintiff in action No. 2, manages more than $5 billion in assets. Matthew R. Mayers, plaintiff in action No. 1 and defendant in action No. 2, as well as George Shilowitz and Joshua S. Siegel, defendants in action No. 1, were members and “Management Investors” with SCP; their rights and obligations were defined under SCP’s Fifth Amended and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. S & S Hotel Ventures Limited Partnership v. 777 S. H. Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Solow v. W. R. Grace & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. Jamaica Public Service Co. v. AIU InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. Ullmann-Schneider v. Lacher & Lovell-Taylor PCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. Justinian Capital SPC v. WestLB AGAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  4. Lyons v. LyonsNew York Supreme Court · 2015
  5. Nyahsa Servs., Inc., Self-insurance Trust v. People Care Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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