Chemical Bank v. Affiliated FM Insurance

MEMORANDUM ORDER

BRIEANT, District Judge.

The plaintiff banks in this case involving bills of lading covering nonexistent coffee as described in Chemical Bank v. Affiliated FM Ins. Co., 815 F.Supp. 115 (S.D.N.Y.1993), have filed objections to a decision of United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen A. Roberts dated October 22, 1993 authorizing depositions of two witnesses in London for ten days in December 1993, and directing each party to pay its own expenses. Oral argument was not requested. In the interests of time, I overrule the objections without awaiting a response.

The banks’ contentions…