A.I. TRADE FINANCE, INC. v. PETRA BANK

No. 988, Docket 92-9186.

989 F.2d 76 (1993)

A.I. TRADE FINANCE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PETRA BANK, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Sullivan, New York City (Michael L. Slonim, Zeichner Ellman & Krause, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert J. Morrow, New York City (Neal F. Grenley, Theodore R. Snyder, Thomas P. McGrath, White & Case, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before NEWMAN, MINER and JACOBS, Circuit Judges.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

A New York trade financing firm appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Keenan, J.), dismissing for lack of personal jurisdiction its claim against a Jordanian bank. The bank allegedly dishonored its guaranty on a promissory note payable in New York to the financing firm. Since the guaranty is a contract to perform financial services in New York, the breach of which affords jurisdiction...

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