Legal Opinion
Ritchie v. Carvel Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 20, 1989No. 87 Civ. 8856(PNL)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LEVAL, District Judge.
Defendant Carvel Corp. moves to dismiss the complaint for improper venue, contending that this action may be brought only in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Westchester County. Defendant’s motion is granted.
Background
On June 8, 1984 plaintiffs Robert Ritchie and Susan Ritchie entered into a Carvel Retail Manufacturer’s License Agreement under which they were licensed to manufacture and sell Carvel products in a Carvel franchise in Mesa, Arizona. Plaintiff Paul Fialkin entered into a similar agreement with Carvel on October 3,1984 with respect…
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