FIRST AMERICAN FIRST v. NATIONAL ASS'N OF BANK WOMEN

No. 85-2138.

802 F.2d 1511 (1986)

FIRST AMERICAN FIRST, INC., and Gilbert R. Leake, III, Appellants, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BANK WOMEN, and Sharon K. Bennett, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Mook (Bernard J. DiMuro, Hirschkop & Associates, P.C., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellants.

David P. Sanders (Thomas J. McCarthy, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., Wiley R. Wright, Jr., Susan M. Cardenas, Thomas & Fiske, P.C., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs First American First, Inc. (First American) and Gilbert Leake, III, appeal the district court's dismissal without prejudice, for lack of personal jurisdiction, of their claim based upon allegedly defamatory letters published by defendants, National Association of Bank Women (NABW) and Sharon Bennett. The court found that although the Virginia long-arm statute authorized the exercise of personal jurisdiction over NABW...

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