RUFENACHT v. IOWA BEEF PROCESSORS, INC.

No. 80-1818.

656 F.2d 198 (1981)

Robert D. RUFENACHT and Robert W. Lewis, d/b/a R&L Cattle Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. IOWA BEEF PROCESSORS, INC., Defendant-Appellee. PROCHEMCO CATTLE PARTNERS, LTD. and Prochemco, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. IOWA BEEF PROCESSORS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

September 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Witherspoon, Hereford, Tex., for Prochemco Cattle Partners, Ltd.

Neil E. Holmen, Chicago, Ill., for Rufenacht.

Charles W. Cunningham, Mike McKool, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for amicus curiae Brumley Estate, et al.

Edward W. Rothe, James T. Malysiak, Chicago, Ill., for Iowa Beef Processors, Ltd.

Before BROWN and GARZA, Circuit Judges, and CHARLES SCHWARTZ, Jr., District Judge.


CHARLES SCHWARTZ, Jr., District Judge:

Plaintiffs in these consolidated diversity actions, Robert D. Rufenacht and Robert Lewis d/b/a R&L Cattle Company, Prochemco Cattle Partners, Ltd., and Prochemco, Inc., brought suit against defendant, Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., seeking recovery of losses sustained as the result of cattle transactions involving one James Louie Heller, alleged by plaintiffs to have been acting as agent of defendant. Following non-jury trial...

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