AMERICAN BANANA v. REPUBLIC NAT. BANK OF NEW YORK

Docket Nos. 02-9442(L), 02-9504(XAP).

362 F.3d 33 (2004)

AMERICAN BANANA CO., INC., Finest Fruits, Inc., Bronco Produce Corp., Jacobson Produce Corp., Morris Okun, Inc., D.M. Rothman, Inc., Rubin Bros. Produce Corp., Rosenthal & Klein, Inc., Square Produce, Inc., Post & Taback, Inc., A.J. Trucco Corp., and Wishnatzki & Nathel, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, L & P Fruit Corp., H. Schnell & Co., Inc., and Martin Striks & Sons, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK, N.A., Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Gail Werner, Jack Turano, PMD Produce Brokerage Corp., and Mark Werner, Third-Party-Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Kreinces (Howard S. Rosenberg, on the brief), Kreinces & Rosenberg, P.C., Westbury, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

John P. Amato, Hahn & Hessen LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, CABRANES, and B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judges.


B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge.

From 1995 to 1996, Plaintiffs-Appellants ("Sellers")1 sold fruit and other fresh produce to Third-Party Defendant PMD Brokerage Corp. ("PMD"), which maintained a checking account at Defendant Republic National Bank of New York (predecessor of HSBC Bank, USA, and for our purposes, "HSBC"). Such sales are regulated by the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act ("PACA"), 7 U.S.C. §§ 499a-499t. At...

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