A & M Exports, Ltd. v. Meridien International Bank, Ltd.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (William Davis, J.), entered April 29, 1994, which, inter alia, denied plaintiffs motion for an attachment and granted defendants’ cross motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
All parties to the action are foreign corporations that are neither resident nor do business in New York. The transactions that gave rise to the controversy occurred in Liberia, and for the most part involve Liberian parties. Subsequent communications between the principals occurred either in Liberia, or by telexes or…
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