FIRST BANK, LEWIS. ARK. v. FIRST BANK, CLINTON, KY

No. 00-2001.

258 F.3d 727 (2001)

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LEWISVILLE, ARKANSAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CLINTON, KENTUCKY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Price, argued, Magnolia, AR, for appellant.

Gregory M. Hopkins, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, HEANEY, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this diversity action is whether a federal court in Arkansas has personal jurisdiction over a Kentucky bank whose only contact with Arkansas was to issue a cashier's check payable to an Arkansas bank and then, it is alleged, wrongfully dishonor the check. The district court1 dismissed the action for lack of personal jurisdiction, concluding that this contact was insufficient to permit the exercise of...

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