VERA v. REPUBLIC OF CUBA

No. 12 Civ. 1596 (AKH).

40 F.Supp.3d 367 (2014)

Aldo VERA, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Aldo Vera, Sr., Plaintiff, v. The REPUBLIC OF CUBA, Defendant. Aldo Vera, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Aldo Vera, Sr.; and Jeannette Fuller Hausler, and William Fuller, as court-appointed corepresentatives of the Estate of Robert Otis Fuller, deceased, on behalf of all beneficiaries of the Estate and the Estate of Robert Otis Fuller; and Alfredo Villoldo, individually, and Gustavo E. Villoldo, individually and as Administrator Executor, and Personal Representative of the Estate of Gustavo Villoldo Argilagos, Petitioners, v. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (S.A.); Bank of America N.A.; Bank of New York Mellon; Barclay's Bank PLCS; Citibank N.A.; Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas; HSBC Bank (HSBC Bank USA, N.A.); Intesa Sanpaola S.P.A.; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A.; RBS Citizens, N.A.; Royal Bank of Canada; Societe Generale; UBS AG; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.; Mercantil Commerce Bank, N.A.; Standard Chartered Bank; and Banco Santander, S.A., Respondents.

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

Signed August 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey E. Glen , Anderson Kill P.C., New York, NY, Robert Alan Swift , Kohn, Swift, & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff.

Beth Ilana Goldman , Edward Henry Rosenthal , Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C., James Wilson Perkins , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY, Andrew Clifford Hall , Brandon R. Levitt , Hall, Lamb & Hall, P.A., Miami, FL, Robert Alan Swift , Kohn, Swift, & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Roberto Martinez , Colson Hicks Eidson , Coral Gables, FL, for Petitioners.

Jennifer Gillian Newstead , Karen E. Wagner , Craig Thomas Cagney , Daniel Taylor Young , Gina Marie Cora , James Loran Kerr , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P., Paul Kenneth Stecker , Phillips Lytle LLP, Sean Charles McPhee , Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, NY, Steven B. Feigenbaum , Gregory Phillip Feit , Levi Lubarsky & Feigenbaum LLP, J. Kelley Nevling, Jr. , Levi Lubarsky & Feigenbaum LLP, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr. , Cleary Gottlieb , New York, NY, far Respondents.


ORDER AND OPINION DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS BY BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA (S.A.)

Petitioners are successors of persons who were tortured or assassinated by agents of the Republic of Cuba. Each secured a judgment against Cuba from the Florida Circuit Court for wrongfully causing their predecessors...

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