CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. v. METALS HOLDING CORPORATION


45 A.D.3d 361 (2007)

845 N.Y.S.2d 282

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC., Appellant, v. METALS HOLDING CORPORATION, Respondent, and AMIR P. WEISSFISCH, Appellant.

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

Decided November 13, 2007.


The court balanced the appropriate factors and properly exercised its discretion in dismissing the action pursuant to the principle of forum non conveniens (see Islamic Republic of Iran v Pahlavi, 62 N.Y.2d 474, 478-479 [1984]). This interpleader action, in which CGM seeks relief pursuant to CPLR 1006, lacks a substantial connection to New York, as it primarily concerns the disputed ownership by Weissfisch and MHC, a foreign national...

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