WELLS FARGO ASIA LTD. v. CITIBANK, N.A.

No. 84 Civ. 996 (WK).

660 F.Supp. 946 (1987)

WELLS FARGO ASIA LIMITED, Plaintiff, v. CITIBANK, N.A., Defendant.

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

May 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin E. McAmis, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City (Mitchell C. Sockett, of counsel), and Darryl Snider, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal. (Duncan E. Haynes, Jessica M. Hoover and Susan E. Samuels, of counsel), for plaintiff.

John E. Hoffman, Jr., Shearman & Sterling, New York City (Henry Weisburg, Jennifer Freeman, Robert S. Fischler and Melissa Samet, of counsel), for defendant.

Joyce E. Motylewski, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Office of General Counsel, and New York Clearinghouse Ass'n, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City (John L. Warden, H. Rodgin Cohen and Michael Straus, of counsel), for amici curiae.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

By this action, Wells Fargo Asia Limited ("Wells Fargo") seeks to recover from Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank") the balance concededly due on two one-million dollar time deposits (the "Deposits") with Citibank's Manila branch maturing respectively on December 9 and 10, 1983. Citibank declined payment on the maturity dates because of the existence of a Philippine governmental decree ("MAAB 47" or "the Decree...

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