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

No. 652, Docket 87-7685.

852 F.2d 657 (1988)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Final Briefs Submitted June 14, 1988.

Decided July 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl Snider, San Francisco, Cal. (Duncan E. Haynes, Thomas M. Peterson, Jessica M. Hoover, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., Edwin E. McAmis, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

John E. Hoffman, Jr., New York City (John J. Roche, Henry Weisburg, Jennifer Freeman, Rachel E. Deming, Melissa A. Samet, David Ledecky, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, Antonio V. Agcaoili, Agcaoili & Associates, Manila, Philippines, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

John L. Warden, New York City (Michael Straus, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, Norman R. Nelson, Lawrence R. Uhlick, on the brief), for The New York Clearing House Ass'n and the Institute of Intern. Bankers as amici curiae urging reversal.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. (John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., James J. Spears, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Jay S. Bybee, Civil Div. of the Dept. of Justice; Abraham D. Sofaer, Legal Advisor, Dept. of State; Mark Sullivan III, General Counsel, D. Edward Wilson, Jr., Acting General Counsel, Dept. of the Treasury; Michael Bradfield, General Counsel, Ricki Rhodarmer Tigert, Asst. General Counsel, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; John L. Douglas, General Counsel, Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., Robert B. Serino, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, all of counsel), filed briefs for the U.S. as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before TIMBERS, KEARSE, and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York after a bench trial before Whitman Knapp, Judge, awarding plaintiff Wells Fargo Asia Limited ("WFAL") $1,066,000 as the balance due on certain time deposits carried by Citibank's branch in Manila, Philippines ("Citibank/Manila"). See 660 F.Supp. 946...

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