THIAGARAJAR MILLS v. THORNTON

No. 99-6560.

242 F.3d 710 (2001)

THIAGARAJAR MILLS, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. THORNTON, III, et al., Defendants, Standard Chartered Bank, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed March 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Jayaraman (argued and briefed), Connie K. Westbrook (briefed), Memphis, TN, for Thiagarajar Mills, Ltd.

Martin Domb (argued and briefed), Hill, Betts & Nash, New York, NY, Michael C. Patton (briefed), Brett T. Parks, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Memphis, TN, for Standard Chartered Bank.

Before WELLFORD, RYAN, and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

HARRY W. WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

This controversy arose out of a substantial criminal fraud perpetrated by Louis W. Thornton, III ("Thornton") and corporate entities controlled by him in Memphis, Tennessee, upon plaintiff, Thiagarajar Mills ("Thiagarajar"), a textile manufacturer situated in India. The defendant involved in this appeal is Standard Chartered Bank ("SCB") in New York, which acted as a "collecting...

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