UPTOWN HEIGHTS ASSOC. v. SEAFIRST CORP.

CC 9203-02042; CA A75880; SC S41412, S41413.

891 P.2d 639 (1995)

320 Or. 638

UPTOWN HEIGHTS ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Washington limited partnership, Leavitt, Shay (Uptown), Inc., a Washington corporation, and Leavitt, Shay & Company, Inc., a Washington corporation, Petitioners on Review/Respondents on Review, v. SEAFIRST CORPORATION, a Washington corporation and registered bank holding company, and Seattle-First National Bank, a national banking association, Respondents on Review/Petitioners on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided March 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Tanzer of Ball, Janik & Novack, Portland, argued the cause for petitioners on review/respondents on review Uptown Heights Associates Ltd. Partnership, et al. With him on the petition and briefs was Brace W. DeKock.

Rodney E. Lewis of Davis Wright Tremaine, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for respondents on review/petitioners on review Seafirst Corp., et al.

James L. Murch of Sherman, Bryan, Sherman & Murch, Salem, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Oregon Bankers Assn.

Henry Kantor of Kantor and Sacks, Portland, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Ass'n. With him on the brief were Richard H. Braun, Thomas K. Coan, and Phil Goldsmith.


GRABER, Justice.

This case involves a loan by a bank to a developer. The developer claims that the bank breached its duty of good faith 1 and intentionally interfered with the developer's economic relations. The circuit court dismissed the complaint; the Court of Appeals reversed with respect to the intentional interference claims. Uptown Heights Associates v. Seafirst Corp., 127 Or.App. 355

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