Willis M. Duryea, Jr. v. The Third Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis, a National Banking Association Bruce Winslow, John Doe and Mary Roe

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the findings and judgment of the district court 1 in favor of the defendant-counterclaimant bank in the amount of its loan, plus attorney fees and costs, against plaintiff-appellant. The two primary issues on appeal are whether defendant bank violated the Bank Holding Company Act of 1970 in making the loans to plaintiff, and whether the trial court’s award of attorney fees and costs was proper. We affirm.

Originally defendant-appellee herein, Third Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis (Bank), brought suit in the Minnesota state courts to…