United States Second Circuit

Judgment ordering plaintiff to pay costs to defendants in connection with a successful forum non conveniens motion is vacated where defendants' success in securing a forum non conveniens transfer does not render them a "prevailing party" under Rule 54(d), Fed. R. Civ. P.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/27/2006
• Published 07/27/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before LEVAL, KATZMANN, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Yeheskel Dattner, pro se, New York City, NY.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frank H. Wohl, (Matthew G. Coogan, on the brief) Lankler Siffert & Wohl, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.