Legal Opinion
Bank of Newport, a California Banking Corporation v. The First National Bank and Trust Company of Bismarck, a North Dakota Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 10, 1982No. 82-1184PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Bank of Newport appeals from the dismissal by the district court 1 after a bench trial of Bank of Newport’s diversity action against First National Bank and Trust Company of Bismarck (First National) for alleged wrongful dishonor of a draft drawn under a letter of credit issued by First National. We affirm the district court.
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The events leading to this action began when First National at the request of Drs. Robert Honkola, Ralph Honkola, and Richard Fettig (the doctors) issued an irrevocable letter of credit, dated June 30, 1976, in the amount of…
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