BARON PHILIPPE de ROTHSCHILD v. PARAMOUNT DIST.

No. 87 Civ. 6820 (SHS).

923 F.Supp. 433 (1996)

BARON PHILIPPE de ROTHSCHILD, S.A.; Societte Civile Chateau Lafite Rothschild; Guy de Rothschild; Eric de Rothschild; and Philippine de Rothschild, Plaintiffs, v. PARAMOUNT DISTILLERS, INC.; Paramount Brands, Inc.; Mar-Inter S.A.R.L.; and Roger L. Myers and Chantal Myers, d/b/a Monopoles Alfred Rothschild and Les Caves M.A.R., Defendants.

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

May 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Lepera, Gold Farrell & Marks, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Kenneth Umans, Colucci & Umans, New York City, for Defendants Roger & Chantal Myers, Mar-Inter

William R. Hansen, Nims, Howes, Collision, Hansen & Lackert, New York City, Christopher B. Fagan, Fay, Sharpe, Beall, Fagan, Minnich & McKee, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendant Paramount.


OPINION

STEIN, District Judge.

Defendants Mar-Inter S.A.R.L., Roger L. Myers and Chantal Myers (the "Myers defendants") move to dismiss plaintiffs' amended complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue, to transfer this action to the Southern District of Florida or, alternatively, for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the Myers defendants' motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

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