CHASE MANHATTAN BANK v. AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P.


298 A.D.2d 168 (2002)

748 N.Y.S.2d 360

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, Respondent, v. AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P., Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided October 8, 2002.


Although in a prior diversity action, the Western District of Texas, adopting the recommendations of a Magistrate Judge, determined that Texas law governed, and required the dismissal of two contribution claims asserted against parties other than Akins Gump, plaintiff herein, the Chase Manhattan Bank (Chase), is not collaterally estopped from asserting contribution claims barred under Texas law against Akins Gump, since a choice-of-law analysis specific to Chase and Akin...

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