Legal Opinion
Barclays Discount Bank Ltd. v. Levy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1984No. Nos. 83-6229, 83-6230, 83-6235 and 83-6293PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves actions (consolidated below) brought by two Israeli banks, Israel *724Discount Bank (IDB) and Barclays Discount Bank (Barclays), to collect on promissory notes made by two California diamond merchants, Sam Levy and Bogharian Bros., Inc. (Bogharian).1 The district court, 568 F.Supp. 1116 (1983) granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, holding that under California law the plaintiffs were holders in due course, and rejecting the defenses offered by the defendants. The district court correctly chose to apply California law. However, we reverse…
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