HILDENE OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND v. ARVEST BANK

No. 17-1702.

897 F.3d 980 (2018)

HILDENE OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant v. ARVEST BANK, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 30, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Ethan A. Brecher , of New York, NY. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Nicholas E. Draper , of Kansas City, MO., Daniel B. Hodes , of Kansas City, MO., Ethan A. Brecher , of New York, NY.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees Arvest Bank, Bannister Bancshares, Inc. and Jeffrey Jernigan. was Sean L. McGrane , of Cleveland, OH.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief for Bannister Bancshares, Inc., John Power , of Kansas City, MO., Michael R. Owens , of Kansas City, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellees brief for Arvest Bank and Jeffrey Jernigan ; Michael Cargnel , of Kansas City, MO., Jennifer Varon , of Kansas City, MO., Joseph C. Weinstein , of Cleveland, OH., Sean L. McGrane , of Cleveland, OH.

Before LOKEN, BENTON, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


In 2012, Arkansas-based Arvest Bank (Arvest) purchased assets and assumed liabilities of Union Bank, a subsidiary of Bannister Bancshares, Inc. (Bannister), a Missouri bank holding company. Hildene Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. (Hildene), a Cayman Islands-based hedge fund, sued Bannister and Arvest, alleging that the transaction...

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