Opinion
12765 Index No. 652712/18 Case No. 2020-00886
01-05-2021
MLRN LLC, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant. The American Bankers Association, Amicus Curiae.
Jones Day, New York (David F. Adler and Louis A. Chaiten of the bar of the State of Ohio, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for appellant. Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York (John R. Hein and Timothy A. DeLange of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for respondent. Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, New York (Clay J. Pierce of counsel), Amicus Curiae.
Jones Day, New York (David F. Adler and Louis A. Chaiten of the bar of the State of Ohio, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for appellant.
Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York (John R. Hein and Timothy A. DeLange of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for respondent.
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, New York (Clay J. Pierce of counsel), Amicus Curiae.
Renwick, J.P., Gische, Kern, Oing, Mendez, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Andrew Borrok, J.), entered November 13, 2019, which, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant's motion to dismiss the amended complaint with prejudice pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(1), (5), and (7), unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Defendant – who was also the defendant in Blackrock Balanced Capital Portfolio (FI) v. U.S. Bank N.A., 165 A.D.3d 526, 86 N.Y.S.3d 484 (1st Dept. 2018) – may not relitigate the issue that it raised therein and that was decided against it (see e.g. Buechel v. Bain, 97 N.Y.2d 295, 303, 740 N.Y.S.2d 252, 766 N.E.2d 914 [2001], cert denied 535 U.S. 1096, 122 S.Ct. 2293, 152 L.Ed.2d 1051 [2002] ), namely, "Once performance of the demand requirement in the no-action clause is excused, performance of the entire provision is excused, including the requirement that demand be made by 25% of the certificate holders" ( Blackrock, 165 A.D.3d at 528, 86 N.Y.S.3d 484 ).