1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. NY
  4. 2009 NY
  5. 2009 NY Slip Op 06416
 

PRESTIGE BRANDS, INC. v. HOGAN & HARTSON, LLP

2009-01630.

2009 NY Slip Op 06416

PRESTIGE BRANDS, INC., appellant, v. HOGAN & HARTSON, LLP, ET AL., respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided September 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston & Bird LLP, New York, N.Y. (Betty Weinberg Ellerin, Todd R. David, and Tiffany A. Buxton of counsel), for appellant.

Cuddy & Feder LLP, White Plains, N.Y. (Andrew P. Schriever of counsel), and Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, D.C. (Brynna L. Connolly of counsel), for respondents (one brief filed).

Before: Robert A. Spolzino, J.P., Fred T. Santucci, Anita R. Florio, Plummer E. Lott, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

"The common-law doctrine of forum non conveniens, also articulated in CPLR 327(a), permits a court to stay or dismiss [an action] where it is determined that the action, although jurisdictionally sound, would be better adjudicated elsewhere" (Islamic Republic of Iran v Pahlavi, 62 N.Y.2d 474, 478-479, cert denied

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases