Hausler v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

• Decision Date: 04 August 2015
• Docket Number: No. 09–cv–10289 (VM).,09–cv–10289 (VM).
• Citation: Hausler v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 127 F.Supp.3d 17 (S.D. N.Y. 2015)
• Parties: Jeannette HAUSLER, Petitioner, v. JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Citibank, N.A., UBS AG, The Royal Bank of Scotland, N.V. and Bank of America, N.A., Defendants.
• Court: U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York

127 F.Supp.3d 17

Jeannette HAUSLER, Petitioner,
v.
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Citibank, N.A., UBS AG, The Royal Bank of Scotland, N.V. and Bank of America, N.A., Defendants.

No. 09–cv–10289 (VM).

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Signed Aug. 4, 2015.

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Alfonso J. Perez, Rasco Reininger Perez & Esquenazi, Roberto Martinez, Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables, FL, Daniel Feist Schreck, Law Offices of G. Oliver Koppell & Assoc., James Wilson Perkins, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY, David Alan Baron, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

James Loran Kerr, Thomas Matthew Noone, Davis Polk & Wardwell, James Wilson Perkins, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER

VICTOR MARRERO, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND ––––

A.	THE UNDERLYING FACTS	––––
B.	THE CUBAN ASSET CONTROL REGULATIONS (THE "CACRS") AND THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL ("OFAC")	––––
C.	THE FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT ("FSIA") AND THE TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT ("TRIA")	––––
D.	THE TRANCHE VI PETITION	––––
E.	THE INTERPLEADER PETITION	––––
F.	THE 2012 CORRESPONDENCE AND STATUS CONFERENCE	––––
G.	THE 2015 CORRESPONDENCE	––––

II. DISCUSSION ––––

A. THE IMPACT OF THE VILLOLDO FLORIDA PROCEEDINGS AND THE FLORIDA ORDER ––––

1.	The Florida Order: Legal Findings and Context	––––
2.	Estoppel, Admissions, and Standing: The Effect of the Villoldo Florida Proceedings and the 2015 Correspondence	––––

a.	Judicial Estoppel	––––
b.	Judicial Admissions	––––
c.	Standing	––––

3.	Hausler's Request that the Court Strike the Fundacion Claimants Interpleader Answer from the Record	––––
4.	Request of Counsel for the Fundacion Claimants to Withdraw	––––
5.	The (Lack of) Preclusive Effect of the Florida Order on the Fundacion	––––
6.	Request of JPM Chase for Leave to Amend the Interpleader Petition	––––
7.	Request of the Fundacion Claimants and JPM Chase for a Stay	––––
8.	Request for the Fundacion Claimants and JPM Chase Pre–Motion Conference	––––

B. INTERPLEADER PETITION ––––

1. The Appropriateness of Interpleader Relief ––––

a.	Interpleader as to the Fundacion Trustees	––––
b.	Interpleader as to the Fundacion	––––

2. Adjudication of Adverse Claims ––––

C. TRANCHE VI PETITION ––––

1. Are the Blocked Assets "Assets of That Terrorist Party" Under TRIA? ––––

a.	Was the Fundacion Nationalized?	––––
b.	Are the Blocked Assets Property of the Republic of Cuba?	––––

2. Hausler's Right to Execute Upon the Blocked Assets ––––

D. OFAC AS A NECESSARY PARTY ––––

III.	ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS	––––
IV.	ORDER	––––

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