Legal Opinion
Third National Bank in Nashville v. Wedge Group Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 22, 1989No. 88-5825, 6019PublishedCited by 257 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a question of the reach of the Tennessee long-arm statute, which is coextensive with the limits of due process. The district court dismissed the diversity action of plaintiff Third National Bank in Nashville, holding that defendant WEDGE Group Incorporated was not subject to personal jurisdiction in Tennessee. We disagree and reverse.
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From 1982 to 1986 Third National Bank in Nashville, a Tennessee bank, made loans totalling approximately $42 million to The Rogers Companies, Inc. (“TRC”), a construction firm incorporated in Delaware and with its…
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