Legal Opinion
Homestead Savings v. Ozark Financial Corp.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided October 28, 1988No. 87-2322-Civ-JLKPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND STRIKING DEMAND FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN CROSSCLAIM
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, Chief Judge.
The Horizon Financial Corporation has filed two motions to -dismiss. Both the motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint and the motion to dismiss the crossclaim of Fernandez present a complexing personal jurisdiction problem: Whether a non-resident bank establishes minimum contacts with the forum by entering into a mortgage repurchase agreement with a resident bank and other non-resident banks. After conducting a thorough review of the entire record, the court finds that…
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