NEAL v. JANSSEN

No. 00-6122.

270 F.3d 328 (2001)

John R. NEAL and Lea A. Neal, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Sjef JANSSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Clisby Hall Barrow, WALKER, BRYANT & TIPPS, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Keith C. Dennen, BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN & CALDWELL, Huntsville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Clisby Hall Barrow, John C. Hayworth, Robert J. Walker, WALKER, BRYANT & TIPPS, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Keith C. Dennen, BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN & CALDWELL, Huntsville, Tennessee, James C. Bradshaw III, Jonathan D. Rose, WYATT, TARRANT & COMBS, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, SILER, and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This tort action for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty was brought by plaintiffs, John Neal and his daughter Lea Anne, residents of Tennessee, against Sjef Janssen, a citizen of Belgium. The sole issue on appeal is whether the district court properly exercised personal jurisdiction over defendant.

Plaintiffs owned a dressage horse named "Aristocrat" that they wished to sell...

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