Opinion

Van Schaack & Co. v. District Court, Eighteenth JD

  • 189 Colo. 145
  • 538 P.2d 425
  • 1975 Colo. LEXIS 770
Court
Supreme Court of Colorado
Filed
Jul 14, 1975
Status
Published
Author
Groves
On the bench
Pringle, Groves
Cited by
63 cases
Authority
More cited than 5.2%

a single transaction of business within the state was sufficient to satisfy minimum requirements for in personam jurisdiction so long as the action was based on a contract which had a substantial connection with that state

How later courts described this case

  • a single transaction of business within the state was sufficient to satisfy minimum requirements for in personam jurisdiction so long as the action was based on a contract which had a substantial connection with that state
  • upholding the exercise of jurisdiction over a foreign bank based on its issuance of a letter of credit to a purchaser in Colorado
  • Kansas issuing bank subject to personal jurisdiction in Colorado when it issued letter of credit on behalf of its Kansas client for the benefit of a Colorado resident purchasing property in Colorado
  • Colorado court had juris diction over Kansas bank which issued letter of credit that was integral aspect of Colorado real estate transaction.

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

MR. JUSTICE GROVES

dissenting:

I respectfully dissent as I regard D.E.B. Adjustment Co. v. Dillard, 32 Colo. App. 184 , 508 P.2d 420 (1973) as correct.

MR. JUSTICE ERICKSON joins in this dissent.

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