REN-GUEY v. LAKE PLACID 1980 OLYMPIC GAMES, INC.


49 N.Y.2d 771 (1980)

Liang Ren-Guey, Appellant, v. Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Games, Inc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard H. Goldstein, David M. Goldberg and Glenn Reisman for appellant.

William S. Greenawalt and William Kissel for respondent.

Benjamin R. Civiletti, Attorney General (Mark C. Rutzick, Alice Daniel, George H. Lowe and Dennis Linder of counsel), for the United States.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

In view of the statement of interest submitted by the Attorney General of the United States on behalf of the Department of State pursuant to section 517 of title 28 of the US Code, we are persuaded that the courts of our State must refrain from the exercise of jurisdiction to resolve a dispute which has at its core the international "two-Chinas" problem.

Accordingly, the order of the Appellate Division...

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