Legal Opinion
Reaves v. Bank of America
District Court, S.D. California
Decided January 8, 1973No. Civ. 72-421-NPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIELSEN, District Judge.
The question raised by defendants’ motion to dismiss or to transfer this case for improper venue involves an issue of first impression for this District Court and for this Circuit: what activities by a nationally chartered bank are sufficient to constitute a waiver of venue under 12 U.S.C. § 94, so that the bank may be sued in a district other than where it is established.
The case arises out of the following facts. Plaintiffs purchased a 1971 Mazda automobile in El Cajon, a suburb of San Diego, making a down payment and financing the rest of the purchase price through…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. LangdeauSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cope v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- First Nat. Bank of Charlotte v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Buffum v. Chase Nat. Bank of City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Odette v. Shearson, Hammill & Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- Harry Bechtel and Cathleen Bechtel, Husband and Wife v. Liberty National Bank, a National Banking AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- First National City Bank v. Nanz, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- Attorney General v. INDUS. NATIONAL BANK OF RIMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Central Bank v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
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