HAYDEN v. McDONALD

No. 84-5003.

742 F.2d 423 (1984)

Austin HAYDEN, James Hartzell, Lee Greenslit, Frank Johnson, Dwain Kasel, James Nordlie, James Maki, Michael H. Bitterman, Donald C. Severtson, Jeanne Stewart and Vernon D. Kotula, Appellees, v. Orison F. McDONALD, individually, Orison F. "Mack" McDonald, II, individually, d/b/a Ole Chaparral and McDonald Investments, Inc., a Texas corporation, Appellants. Austin HAYDEN, James Hartzell, Lee Greenslit, Frank Johnson, Dwain Kasel, James Nordlie, James Maki, Michael H. Bitterman, Donald C. Severtson, Jeanne Stewart, Vernon D. Kotula, Donn Barber, Bernie Beaver, Lyle Bing, James Brown, L.T. Demeules, John Emmer, Don Erickson, Patrick Farley, Dennis Frandsen, Robert A. Godfrey, Karl Gramith, Howard Gruhlke, Cecil Herring, Lee Heutmaker, Vernice Heutmaker, Earl Heyerdahl, Sheldon Hoffman, Jim Hoversten, Delbert Kelzer, Robert Kepple, George Krienke, James Loosen, John McCormick, James McKevitt, Carol Mozzetti, James Munn, E.J. Pacheco, William Phelps, David Remes, James Reissner, Terry Ripley, Arnold Smith, D.P. Tschimperle, Gust Zahariades and Donald Zibell, Appellees, v. Orison F. McDONALD, individually, Orison F. "Mack" McDonald, II, individually, d/b/a Ole Chaparral, and McDonald Investments, Inc., a Texas corporation, Appellants. John W. ADLER, Sally F. Adler, Carol Adler Zsolnay, Diane L. Adler, Lisa M. Adler, Leslie O. Frishman, Dean L. Greenberg, Henry Hanson, Harold L. Rutchick and Howard D. Stacker, Appellees, v. Orison F. McDONALD, individually, Orison F. "Mack" McDonald, II, individually, d/b/a Ole Chaparral and McDonald Investments, Inc., a Texas corporation, Appellants. Harold L. RUTCHICK, Appellee, v. Orison McDONALD, II, also known as Mack McDonald, individually, and d/b/a Ole Chaparral and McDonald Investments, Inc., a Texas corporation, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay M. Vogelson, Moore & Peterson, Dallas, Tex., for appellants.

James M. Strother, Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd., Norman L. Newhall and Timothy H. Butler, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The defendants — Orison F. "Mack" McDonald, II (d/b/a Ole Chaparral), Orison F. McDonald, and McDonald Investments, Inc. — appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment in this state securities law action in favor of fifty-six individuals who purchased undivided working interests in various oil and gas leases from the defendants. The defendants assert, inter alia, that the district court erred in classifying...

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