SOTHEBY'S, INC. v. GARCIA

No. 92 Civ. 4842 (WCC).

802 F.Supp. 1058 (1992)

SOTHEBY'S, INC., Plaintiff, v. Sandra H. GARCIA and the Republic of the Philippines, Defendants.

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

September 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berger Steingut Tarnoff & Stern, New York City (Peter R. Stern, Jonathan A. Olsoff, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Badiak, Will & Maloof, New York City (Roman Badiak, Richard Matthews, Glen Thompson, Patrick J. Maloney, of counsel), Pender & Coward, Virginia Beach, Va. (Richard H. Matthews, of counsel), for defendant Sandra H. Garcia.

Sills Cummis Zuckerman Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, P.A., New York City (Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Brian K. Valentine, of counsel), for defendant Republic of the Philippines.


OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Sotheby's, Inc. ("Sotheby's") commenced this interpleader action against the Republic of the Philippines (the "Philippines") and Sandra H. Garcia ("Garcia") on June 27, 1992 as a neutral stakeholder. Presently before the Court is defendant Garcia's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1), Fed.R.Civ.P. or, in the alternative, to stay the present interpleader...

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