No. 24-104

Commerzbank AG v. U.S. Bank, N.A.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: choice-of-law conflict-of-laws contract-dispute contract-law fiduciary-obligation restatement-analysis restatement-second securities-industry securities-trade third-party-activities trustee-liability
Key Terms:
ERISA Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Restatement's choice-of-law analysis for contract claims is properly determined by the actions and expectations of the contract parties, not third parties, such that the Depository Trust Company's settlement activities following securities trades do not render those transactions subject to New York law; and

2. Whether a beneficiary's claim for its trustee's failure to file suit on the beneficiary's behalf accrues only after the trustee has either unequivocally repudiated its obligation to do so or allowed the beneficiary's claim to expire.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Restatement's choice-of-law analysis for contract claims is properly determined by the actions and expectations of the contract parties, not third parties, such that the Depository Trust Company's settlement activities following securities trades do not render those transactions subject to New York law

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-02
Waiver of U.S. Bank, N.A. of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-02
Waiver of right of respondent U.S. Bank, N.A. to respond filed.
2024-07-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 30, 2024)

Attorneys

Commerzbank AG
David H. WollmuthWollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, Petitioner
U.S. Bank, N.A.
Louis A. ChaitenJones Day, Respondent