Legal Opinion
Gavilanes v. Matavosian
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided April 9, 1984PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Charles J. Thomas, J.
Must a foreign corporation doing business in New York respond to a judgment creditor’s information subpoena concerning assets belonging to a judgment debtor held outside New York? This question arises in a motion by the judgment creditors, Joseph Gavilanes and George Kavilznz, to punish the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association (hereafter referred to as Bank of America) for contempt due to its failure to properly respond to an information subpoena.
The facts in this case are uncontroverted except as to whether or not the Bank of America…
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