TORCHMARK CORP. v. RICE

No. LR-C-95-525.

945 F.Supp. 172 (1996)

TORCHMARK CORPORATION and Stephens Inc., Plaintiffs, v. C. Fred RICE, Robert T. Shaw, Consolidated National Corporation, Consolidated Fidelity Life Insurance Company, Robert Beisenherz, and Lewis & Ellis, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division.

May 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin A. Crass, Little Rock, AR, Eric R. Cromartie and R. Matthew Molash, Dallas, TX, for plaintiffs.

Peter G. Kumpke, Little Rock, AR, Charles W. Cunningham, Dallas, TX, Phil W. Campbell, North Little Rock, AR, Ernest E. Figari, Jr., Don Colleluori and Michael G. Brown, Dallas, TX, William B. Putman IV, Fayetteville, AR, Jay J. Madrid, Greg A. Sivinski, Donald F. Campbell, Dallas, TX, David A. Pearl Street, Dallas, TX, for defendants.


ORDER

ROY, District Judge.

Now before the Court is the motion of the defendants to either dismiss this case or alternatively, transfer it to the Northern District of Texas. They argue some of them are not subject to personal jurisdiction in Arkansas, that venue is improper in this district, and that the Northern District of Texas is a more convenient forum.1 For the reasons...

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