MINISTERS BENEFIT BD. v. SNOW

No. 131

26 N.Y.3d 466 (2015)

45 N.E.3d 917

2015 NY Slip Op 09186

THE MINISTERS AND MISSIONARIES BENEFIT BOARD, Interpleader Plaintiff, v. LEON SNOW et al., Appellants. ESTATE OF CLARK FLESHER et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston & Wilkins, LLC, Levittown ( Jesse T. Wilkins and Gregory R. Preston of counsel), for appellants.

Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., New York City ( Brian Rosner and Natalie A. Napierala of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges PIGOTT and FAHEY concur; Judge ABDUS-SALAAM dissents and votes to answer the certified questions in the affirmative in an opinion in which Judge RIVERA concurs.


OPINION OF THE COURT

In IRB-Brasil Resseguros, S.A. v Inepar Invs., S.A. (20 N.Y.3d 310 [2012], cert denied 569 US ___, 133 S.Ct. 2396 [2013]), this Court held that, where parties include a New York choice-of-law clause in a contract, such a provision...

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