SIMMONS OIL CORP. v. HOLLY CORP.

No. 89-447.

796 P.2d 189 (1990)

SIMMONS OIL CORPORATION and Simmons Refining Corporation, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HOLLY CORPORATION; Navajo Refining Company; Navajo Northern, Inc.; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Goetz, argued, Goetz, Madden & Dunn, Bozeman, Charles J. Wisch, argued, Weissburg & Aronson, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., H. Charles Stahmer, Bozeman, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Sheldon Oliensis argued, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, Richard F. Gallagher, Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, Great Falls, for Holly Corp.

Steve M. Perry, argued, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, Cal., John D. Stephenson, Jr., Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, Great Falls, for Wells Fargo.


HUNT, Justice.

Plaintiffs Simmons Oil Corporation and Simmons Refining Corporation appeal from an order of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, dismissing their complaint against defendants Holly Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., for lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse.

The following issues are raised on appeal:

1. Whether sufficient minimum contacts exist with the state of Montana to subject defendant Wells Fargo to personal...

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