PRPJ BERGEN, INC. v. PLATE

Nos. 90 Civ. 6788(MEL), 91 Civ. 3331(MEL).

774 F.Supp. 200 (1991)

PRPJ BERGEN, INC., James Atkinson, Victor Colaio, Bernard Favuzza, Robert Fleming, James Smyth, Robert Clements, William Jones, William Minardi, Richard Roberti, Kevin Ryan, Thomas Roberts, Paul Daly, Gerald Hayes, Gregory Sheerins, Martin Donohue, Seven Samurai Associates, Inc., Gregory Ryan, Richard Greene, Thomas Conaghan, Richard Jackson, Anthony Lupo, Timothy Coughlin, Leonard Monteleone, Theodore Smith and Joseph Dickey, Plaintiffs, v. James R. PLATE, Edward Donnelly, Plate Donnelly Associates, Coughlin Management, Inc., Condo Mart, Inc., Little View, Inc., Marina Vista Associates, L.P., Lawrence McAllister, Robert Vinicombe and Skyshore Realty, Inc., Defendants. PRPJ BERGEN, INC., Peter McKay, Richard Jackson, Paul Ryan, John Atkinson, James Atkinson, Victor Colaio, Bernard Favuzza, Robert Fleming, Matthew Lawrence, James Smyth, Robert Clements, William Jones, William Minardi, Richard Roberti, Kevin Ryan, Paul Daly, Gerald Hayes, Gregory Sheerins, Thomas Roberts and Martin Donohue, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED JERSEY BANK, a banking institution of the State of New Jersey and successor in interest to United Jersey/Commercial Trust and to Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey, Catherine A. Brennan, John M. Krivacs, Richard O. Carmichael, Martin J. Carbotti, William Schumacher, Marc P. Sullivan, Peter J. Gindin and Robert W. Brown, Defendants.

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

September 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christy & Viener, New York City (Daniel J. Sullivan, James M. Minamoto, Sharon Parella, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Stein, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp, New York City (Bertrand C. Sellier, Eric M. Schmidt, of counsel), and Wolff & Samson, P.C., Roseland, N.J., Arthur S. Goldstein, Daniel D. Caldwell, Harlan L. Cohen, of counsel), for defendant United Jersey Bank.

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, New York City (Frederick B. Lacey, David S. Turetsky, Thomas Fenerty, of counsel), for defendant United Jersey Bank.

Messinger, Kantor & Flaster, P.C., New York City (Stanley L. Kantor, of counsel), and Cerrato, Dawes, Collins, Saker & Brown, Freehold, N.J., for defendants Coughlin Management, Inc. and Condo Mart, Inc.


LASKER, District Judge.

These motions concern the most appropriate forum for the litigation of three lawsuits all arising from claims of fraud in the sale and financing of certain New Jersey real estate projects. Two of the claims are pending before this Court, and one is pending in the District of New Jersey.

The first action before this court ("New York Action 1"), PRPJ Bergen, Inc., et al. v. United Jersey Bank, et al., No. 90 Civ. 6788, was filed...

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