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993593P.pdf   01/10/2001  Oriental Trading Co.  v.  Sam G. Firetti
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  99-3593
   District of Nebraska   
   Civil case - torts. Defendants had sufficient contacts with 
   Nebraska to create personal jurisdiction; existence of a 
   contract between plaintiff and defendants' company did not 
   bar plaintiff from suing defendants in tort as plaintiff was 
   not seeking damages or other remedies for breach of contract 
   but was, instead, seeking recovery for fraud, conversion or 
   negligent misrepresentations based on defendants' statements 
   concerning return of anti-dumping customs duties; evidence 
   was sufficient to support jury verdicts for plaintiff; claim 
   instructions were erroneous rejected.