Legal Opinion

American Bank of St. Paul v. TD Bank, N.A.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 26, 2013No. 12-1806, 12-1862, 12-2399PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

Mercantile Bank lent money to Louis J. Pearlman, who was perpetrating a large fraud. Before the fraud was exposed, American Bank of St. Paul and 25 other banks lent him money. Part of those funds paid off Mercantile’s outstanding loans to Pearlman. American sued Mercantile, claiming it aided, abetted, and conspired with Pearlman. The jury found for American, awarding one-half of the requested damages. Mercantile claims that the district court 1 made erroneous eviden-tiary rulings, gave faulty jury instructions, and should have dismissed the claims as a matter of law.…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Dimick v. SchiedtSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. In Re: Sharp International Corp. & Sharp Sales Corp., Debtors. Sharp International Corp., Debtor-Appellant v. State Street Bank and Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
  3. United States v. William Rea, Getty Terminals Corp., and John Pabone, Getty Terminals Corp., William Rea, John Pabone, and John QuockCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
  4. Florenzano v. OlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
  5. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. v. Beelman River Terminals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001

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