Legal Opinion
Fantis Foods, Inc. v. Standard Importing Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 1980PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
Whether CPLR 302 (subd [a], par 3, cl [ii]) permits the courts of New York to take jurisdiction of a Greek entity with respect to its claimed conversion of property in Greece or on *322the high seas, and whether a contract provision selecting Greece as the sole forum for disputes between the parties covers that conversion claim are the issues presented by this appeal. The Appellate Division, two Justices dissenting, held there was sufficient injury within the State upon which to base jurisdiction and that the forum selection clause was no bar. We disagree with the…
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