PORTER v. BERALL

No. 01-3178.

293 F.3d 1073 (2002)

H. Boone PORTER, III, in his capacity as a Co-Trustee under the Third Amendment and Restatement of the H. Boone Porter Fund dated 2/6/98 as amended, and individually; Charlotte M. Porter, in her capacity as a Co-Trustee under the Third Amendment and Restatement of the H. Boone Porter Fund dated 2/6/98 as amended, and individually; Michael T. Porter, in his capacity as Co-Trustee under the Third Amendment and Restatement of the H. Boone Porter Fund dated 2/6/98, as amended, and individually, Appellants, v. Frank S. BERALL; Mark H. Neikrie; Suzanne Brown Walsh; Copp & Berall, LLP, a Connecticut limited liability partnership, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynne C. Kaiser, Kansas City, MO (Gordon D. Gee, on the brief), for appellant.

James L. MowBray, Kansas City, MO (Paul Hasty, Jr., Richmond M. Enochs, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

H. Boone Porter, III (Boone Porter), and his siblings Charlotte M. Porter and Michael T. Porter (collectively, plaintiffs) appeal the district court's1 grant of the defendants' motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.

I.

The plaintiffs are the children of the Reverend H. Boone Porter (Reverend Porter), who was the sole income...

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