NATIONAL CITY BANK v. CERESOTA MILL LTD.

No. C6-91-659.

476 N.W.2d 787 (1991)

NATIONAL CITY BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS, Respondent, v. CERESOTA MILL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, et al., Respondents, The City of Minneapolis, et al., Respondents, Howard B. Bergerud, et al., Respondents, Gregory J. Hayes, et al., Respondents, Robert C. Whitney, et al., Defendants, the Estate of Thomas M. Whitney, et al., Respondents, Muriel Jayne Hayes, Respondent, and Donna J. WHITNEY, individually and in her capacity as Co-Trustee of and on Behalf of the Whitney Revocable Trust, The Whitney Family Trust and the Whitney Tax Deferral Trust, and in her capacity as Executrix of and on Behalf of the Estate of Thomas Whitney, Third-Party Plaintiff, Respondent, v. David W. MITCHELL, et al., Third-Party Defendants, Respondents, Hopkins & Carley, Third-Party Defendant, Appellant, Roger D. Gordon, et al., Third-Party Defendants, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted December 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry M. Wertheim, Mary G. Dobbins, Holmes & Graven, Minneapolis, for National City Bank of Minneapolis.

William Kampf, Ann Ladd, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Steven D. DeRuyter, Leonard, Street & Deinard, Paul H. Ravich, Ravich, Meyer & Kirkman, Minneapolis, for Ceresota Mill Ltd. Partnership, et al.

Robert V. Alfton, Minneapolis City Atty., Jerome F. Fitzgerald, Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, for The City of Minneapolis, et al.

Louis W. Brenner, Brenner Law Firm, Bloomington, for Howard B. Bergerud, et al.

Joel A. Seltz, Mirviss, Seltz & Seltz, Minneapolis, for Gregory J. Hayes, et al.

William S. Rosen, David D. Meyer, Rosen, Meyer & Simons, St. Paul, for the Estate of Thomas M. Whitney, et al.

Gregory J. Collins, Mulligan & Bjornes, Minneapolis, for Muriel Jayne Hayes.

Craig W. Gagnon, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, Minneapolis, for David W. Mitchell, et al.

David L. Hashmall, Fred L. Morrison, J. Michael Schwartz, John M. Baker, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, for Hopkins & Carley.

Phillip A. Cole, Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, Minneapolis, for Roger D. Gordon, et al.

Considered and decided by DAVIES, P.J., and PARKER, and THOREEN, JJ.


OPINION

DAVIES, Judge.

The trial court held that as to this litigation Minnesota has personal jurisdiction over appellant law firm Hopkins & Carley of California. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant Hopkins & Carley is a California law firm of approximately 35 members, whose former partner, David Mitchell, represented Tom and Donna Whitney in California as their family attorney. His representation was primarily in regard to estate planning...

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