Legal Opinion
Smith Barney, Inc. v. Ekinci
District Court, D. Maine
Decided September 10, 1996No. Civil No. 95-407-P-HPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANT URSULA EKINCFS MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
HORNBY, District Judge.
This interpleader action is brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1335 by a New York brokerage house with offices in Maine and throughout the country. It seeks to determine the priority of claims against the accounts of one of its clients. The competing claims are: (1) that of a Maine resident who obtained permission to serve an ex parte trustee process and then obtained a disclosure from the trustee (the brokerage house) in connection with a Maine divorce action against her husband,1 the brokerage house’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Harris v. BalkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- State Ex Rel. Department of Revenue v. Control Data Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1986
- Poston v. PostonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
- Otis C. Smith v. Lorillard, Inc. Fidelity Financial Services, Incorporated, and P.L. Co. Federal Credit UnionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Smith-Barney, Inc. v. TeitlerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997