United States Second Circuit
ReAmerica, S.A. v. Wells Fargo Bank Int'l, 08-1927
In a dispute involving fraudulent wire transfers, district court grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's action is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code and thus its claim that defendant wrongfully debited its account is time-barred by the UCC's one-year statute of repose; and 2) plaintiff's common law negligence claim is precluded by U.C.C. Article 4A.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/11/2009
- Published 08/11/2009
Judges
- JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:, Before: WINTER and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Joseph A. Kilbourn, Cone & Kilbourn, Mount Kisco, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant ReAmerica, S.A.
- For Appellees:
- Edward L. Powers (Robert A. Brundage, of counsel), Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Wells Fargo Bank International.