RONALD LITOFF, LTD. v. AMERICAN EXP. CO.

No. 83 Civ. 9432 (LFM).

621 F.Supp. 981 (1985)

RONALD LITOFF, LTD., Columbia Originals, Inc., Columbia Jewelry Contractors, Inc. and Obadiah Fisher, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc., A. Kush & Associates Limited and Weingeroff Enterprises, Inc., Defendants. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiffs, Cross-Claimants and Counter-claimants, v. A. KUSH & ASSOCIATES LIMITED, Cross-Claim Defendants, and Columbia Originals, Inc., Columbia Jewelry Contractors, Inc. and Susan Klein and Obie Fisher (d/b/a Susan Obie), Counterclaim Defendants, and James Benedetto (a/k/a Jim Bennett), Raymond Litoff (a/k/a Ronald Litoff), Ronald Litoff, Ltd., Richard Klein and Weingeroff Enterprises, Inc., Third-Party Defendants.

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

November 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christy & Viener by Wayne C. Matus and James G. White, New York City, for American Express Co. and American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc.

Brainerd & Bridges by Andrew W. Brainerd and Scott A. Brainerd, Chicago, Ill., and Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen by Edward Meilman, New York City, for A. Kush & Associates, Ltd. and Susan Klein.

Joel S. Kaplan, Garden City, N.Y., and Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C. by Anthony C. Scott, Garden City, N.Y., for Ronald Litoff, Ltd., Columbia Originals, Inc., Columbia Jewelry Contractors, Inc., James Benedetto, Raymond Litoff and Richard Klein.

Cheryl Flax-Davidson, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Obadiah Fisher.


MacMAHON, District Judge.

Defendants American Express Company, American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (collectively referred to as "American Express"), and A. Kush & Associates, Ltd. ("Kush") move to dismiss this action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), or, alternatively, for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(b). Defendant Kush also moves for disqualification of the attorneys for plaintiffs Ronald Litoff, Ltd. ("Litoff"), Columbia Originals...

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