Case Name: Robert E. Wilson, III, Respondent, v. Daniel Valente Dantas et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-06-06
Citations: 29 N.Y.3d 1051
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert E. Wilson, III, Respondent, v Daniel Valente Dantas et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
Judges: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein and Fahey concur; Judge Wilson dissents in an opinion; Judge Garcia taking no part.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 29
Pages: 1051–1068

Head Matter:
[80 NE3d 1032, 58 NYS3d 286]
Robert E. Wilson, III, Respondent, v Daniel Valente Dantas et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
Argued May 2, 2017;
decided June 6, 2017
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York City (Philip C. Korologos and Paul Fattaruso of counsel), for appellants.
Lankford & Reed, P.L.L.C., Alexandria, Virginia (Terrance G. Reed, of the Virginia bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Middlebury, Vermont (Peter F. Langrock, of the Vermont bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), and K&L Gates, New York City (.Martin F Gusy and Matthew J. Weldon of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be affirmed, with costs, and the certified question answered in the affirmative. Defendants have expressly abandoned their personal jurisdiction claims in their appeal to this Court. Their remaining claims, to the extent reviewable on this appeal, are without merit (see CPLR 3211 [a] [7]; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]; Islamic Republic of Iran v Pahlavi, 62 NY2d 474, 478-479 [1984], cert denied 469 US 1108 [1985]).