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OZEE v. AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GIFT ANNUITIES, INC.

Nos. 96-11332, 96-11439.

143 F.3d 937 (1998)

Dorothy L. OZEE, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Boyd L. Richie, as Guardian of the Estate of Louise T. Peter, on Behalf of Louise T. Peter Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GIFT ANNUITIES, INC., Individually and as Successor to the Committee On Gift Annuities, an Unincorporated Association, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, The Lutheran Foundation of Texas, Baptist Foundation of Texas, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, General Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists, d/b/a General Conference of seventh-Day Adventists, Anderson University, Inc., d/b/a Anderson University, Mount Holyoke College, Good Shepherd Home Foundation, Northwestern University, University of Colorado Foundation, Inc., The Salvation Army, A New York Corporation, The Salvation Army, A Georgia Corporation, The Salvation Army, A California Corporation, The Salvation Army, An Illinois Corporation, United Church of Christ, Planned Giving Services, Inc., d/b/a Planned Giving Services, Planned Giving Resources, Hay/Huggins Company, Inc., Prerau & Teitell, Vassar College, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, St. Olaf College, Wittenberg University, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, d/b/a Moody Bible Institute, The American Bible Society, and American Leprosy Missions, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, Dan Morales, Appellants. In re AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GIFT ANNUITIES, INC., et al., Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald David Wells, Dallas, TX, Scott Robert Jacobs, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Dallas, TX, Lonny D. Morrison, Morrison & Shelton, Wichita Falls, TX, for Ozee and Richie.

Ruben Brochner, McKool Smith, Charles W. Cunningham, Dallas, TX, Robert R. Elkin, Lonny D. Morrison, Morrison & Shelton, Wichita Falls, TX, Ronald David Wells, Dallas, TX, for Richie.

Judy C. Norris, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, for The American Council on Gift Annuities, Inc., Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Texas Dist., Planned Giving Services, Inc., Planned Giving Resources, Prerau & Teitell and General Conference Corp. of Seventh-Day Adventists.

Walter H. Mizell, Richard T. McCarroll, Brown, McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, Austin, TX, for Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Texas Dist., Lutheran Foundation of Texas and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Foundation.

Richard G. Braman, Minneapolis, MN, for Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty and Bennett.

Patrick R. Cowlishaw, Kurt Allen Schwarz, Cohan, Simpson, Cowlishaw & Wulff, Dallas, TX, for Salvation Army, A New York, Illinois, California and Georgia Corp.

Noel M. B. Hensley, George W. Bramblett, Jr., Kerry McHugh Breaux, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, for Baptist Foundation of Texas.

James Allen Harrison, Russell Hendrix Roden, Gwinn & Roby, Dallas, TX, for Southern Baptist Convention.

Susan Abbott Schwartz, Land, Omahana & Kopka, Dallas, TX, for General Conference Corp. of Seventh-Day Adventists and Loma Linda University.

John H. McElhaney, Susan Louise Karamanian, Dallas, TX, for Anderson University, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Vassar College, St. Olaf College and Wittenberg College.

William Gray Compton, Dallas, TX, for Good Shepherd Home Foundation.

Jay M. Vogelson, Dallas, TX, Geraldine M. Alexis, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for Northwestern University.

Thomas D. Graber, Langley & Branch, Dallas, TX, for American Baptist Foundation, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.

Charles Murray Barnard, Wichita Falls, TX, for University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

James D. Blume, Dallas, TX, for United Church of Christ.

Patricia J. Villareal, Chrysta L. Castaneda, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for Hay-Huggins Co., Inc.

George G. Olsen, Barnaby W. Zall, Williams & Jensen, P.C., Washington, DC, for United States Representative Henry J. Hyde and other members of the 104th Congress of the United States of America.

Robert Junell, Carrollton, TX, pro se.

Kenny Marchant, Carrollton, TX, pro se.

John Montford, Carrollton, TX, pro se.

David Sibley, Carrollton, TX, pro se.

Jody L. Rudman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dallas, TX, Thomas P. Perkins, Jr., Austin, TX, for Morales.

Robert Charles Walters, Russell Yager, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, TX, for American Bible Society and American Leprosy Missions, Inc.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

An annuitant's guardian sued a collection of charities and universities, alleging that they conspired to fix rates of return on charitable gift annuities. We dismissed defendants' appeals for want of jurisdiction and imposed sanctions. See Ozee v. American Council on Gift Annuities, Inc., 110 F.3d 1082 (5th Cir.1997). The Supreme Court vacated and remanded for further consideration in light of...

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