Novick v. AXA NETWORK, LLC

09-5277-cv Novick v.AXA Network, LLC 09 - S277 - cv Novick v. AKA Network, LLC 1 UNITED STATES COURT OP APPEALS 2 POR THE SECOND CIRCUIT 3 4 August Term, 2010 5 (Argued: January 5 , 2011 Decided: June 13, 2011) 6 Docket No. 09 - S277-cv 7 B STEVEN S. NOVICK, 9 Plaintiff - Counterclaim- Defendant-Appellant , 10 - v. - 11 AXA NETWORK, LLC, AXA ADVISORS, LLC, 12 Defendants - Counterclaimants-Appellees. 13 14 Before: KEARSE, WINTER, and HALL, Circuit Judges. 15 Appeal from a partial final judgment of the United States 16 District Court for the Southern District of New York, Alvin K. 17 Hellerstein, Judge, granting, prior to the resolut.ion of any of 18 plaintiff's claims, summary j udgment to defendants on one of their 19 counterc l aims for repayment of money loaned to plaintiff. 20 Ped. R. Civ . P. 54(b) . 21 Appeal dismissed for l ack o f appe ll ate j urisdiction. 22 MI CHAEL S. F1NKELSTEIN, Garden City, New York 23 (F i nkelstein & Feil, Garden City, New York, 24 on the brief); for Plaintiff-Counterclaim- 25 Defendant - Appellant . 26 MI CHAEL A. KALISH, New York/ New York, (Howard 27 Schragin, Epstein, Becker & Green, New 28 York, New York, on the brief), for 29 Defendants - Counterclaimants-Appel lees . 1 KEARSE, Circuit Judge: 2 Plaintiff Steven S. Novick, who commenced the present 3 act.ion against defendants AXA Network, LLC ("AXA Network"), and 4 its s i ster company AXA Advisors , LLC ("AXA Advisors", 5 (collectively "AXA"), asserting claims of breach of contract and 6 various business torts in connection with AJ