FIRST AFRICAN TRUST BANK LTD. v. BANKERS TRUST CO.

No. 535, Docket 93-7511.

8 F.3d 135 (1993)

FIRST AFRICAN TRUST BANK LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Becker, Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muffly, New York City (Robert C. Muffly, Richard N. Chassin, Marco V. Masotti, Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muffly, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

David B. Eizenman, Moses & Singer, New York City (David M. Satnick, David B. Picker, Mitchell D. Bernstein, Moses & Singer, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, PIERCE and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

First African Trust Bank Ltd. ("FATB"), a Nigerian corporation, appeals from Judge Patterson's granting of a motion for summary judgment by Bankers Trust Company ("BTC"). FATB had brought suit against BTC in the Southern District of New York based on BTC's failure to confirm and execute transactions on FATB's New York accounts with BTC. FATB claims that these transactions were ordered by its authorized representatives. BTC successfully persuaded...

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