CUNARD LINE LTD. v. ABNEY

No. 81 Civ. 4671 (WK).

540 F.Supp. 657 (1982)

CUNARD LINE LIMITED, Plaintiff, v. Michael D. ABNEY, et al., individually and as Co-Partners doing business under the firm name of Coopers & Lybrand, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

June 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Day & Lord, New York City by Michael J. Murphy, Stephen J. Crimmins, Kathy A. Helmer, New York City, for plaintiff.

Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City by George A. Davidson, Fredrika V. Miller, Julian S. Millstein, Joseph A. Clark, III, New York City, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

The case is before us on defendant's motion to dismiss the amended complaint.

The plaintiff, Cunard Line Limited [Cunard], is a corporation incorporated in Great Britain. On July 27, 1981, invoking the Court's diversity jurisdiction, Cunard filed a complaint against Coopers & Lybrand [Coopers], one of the so-called "big eight" national partnerships of certified public accountants. The allegations...

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