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ALLSTATE LIFE INS. CO. v. LINTER GROUP LTD.

No. 91 Civ. 2873 (RPP).

782 F.Supp. 215 (1992)

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE CO., Ariel Capital II L.P., Ariel Fund Ltd., Carmel Fund Ltd., Carmel Partners L.P., Colonial Diversified Income Fund, D & P CBO Partners L.P., Executive Life Insurance Co., Ithaca Partners L.P., Life Insurance Co. of the Southwest, Mt. Tavor Partners L.P., Prospect Street High Income Portfolio Inc., Prospect International High Income Portfolio N.V., United High Income Fund Inc., and United High Income Fund II Inc., Plaintiffs, v. LINTER GROUP LIMITED, Linter Textiles Corporation Limited, Lindsay Phillip Maxsted, Receiver and Manager of Linter Group Limited and Linter Textiles Corporation Limited, John Beresford Harkness, Receiver and Manager of Linter Group Limited and Linter Textiles Corporation Limited, Abraham Goldberg, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Bank of New Zealand, Sumitomo International Finance Australia, Chase AMP Bank Limited, State Bank of South Australia, Security Pacific Australia Limited, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, and Westpac Banking Corporation, Defendants.

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

January 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silverman, Harnes & Obstfeld, New York City by Sidney S. Silverman, Harold B. Obstfeld, John F. Harnes, for plaintiffs.

Boulanger, Finley & Hicks, P.C., New York City by J. Portis Hicks, for defendant Bank of New Zealand.

Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City by Steven F. Goldstone, Bradley J. Butwin, for defendants Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, State Bank of South Australia, Sumitomo Intern. Finance Australia Ltd. and Westpac.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City by Pamela Jarvis, John Sullivan, for defendant Security Pacific Australia Ltd.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City by George Brandon, for defendant Chase AMP Bank Ltd.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City by Michael J. Chepiga, John C. Gustafsson, for defendant Barclays Bank Australia.

OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Jr., District Judge.

This is an action for damages alleging violations of the federal securities laws. Four of the defendant banks move individually to dismiss the Complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2), and all of the defendant banks move jointly to dismiss the Complaint on grounds of forum non conveniens pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b). For the reasons set forth below...

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