ROBY v. CORPORATION OF LLOYD'S

No. 91 Civ. 7081 (MEL).

824 F.Supp. 336 (1992)

John S. ROBY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The CORPORATION OF LLOYD'S a/k/a The Society and Council of Lloyd's d/b/a Lloyd's of London, et al., Defendants.

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

As Amended September 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City (Dale A. Schreiber, Minna Schrag, Steven B. Feigenbaum, Bruce E. Loren, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Mendes & Mount, New York City (Daniel M. Bianca, Leo W. Fraser, William A. Meehan, Jeff J. Imeri, of counsel), for the "Managing Agents" and their "Chairs of the Board".

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MaCrae, New York City (Taylor R. Briggs, Sheila H. Marshall, Mary L.B. Betts, Stephen H. Orel, Louise G. Conway, of counsel), for defendants The Soc., Council and Corporation of Lloyd's and their Individual Internal Members.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York City (Thomas W. Wilson, Jonathan C. Thau, Nicholas J. Conca, Fred N. Knopf, of counsel), for defendants Members Agents.


LASKER, District Judge.

These motions to dismiss the complaint present a knot of venue and arbitration clause questions.

Plaintiffs are American investors who joined insurance syndicates that underwrote policies issued in England through Lloyd's of London. They now allege violations of American securities laws and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) and (d) (1988...

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