SHAMAS v. KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 83-1713, 83-1888.

759 F.2d 796 (1985)

George J. SHAMAS, as Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of Lewis Harold Shelton, deceased, and Lorraine E. Shelton, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC., and W.A. Moncrief dba Moncrief Oil, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Henderson (Michael R. Carlston, with him on the briefs) both of Snow, Christensen & Martineau, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendants-appellants.

Anthony M. Thurber, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff-appellee Lorraine Shelton.

Michael F. Richman, Douglas L. Davies and Caryn L. Beck-Dudley, Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff-appellee George J. Shamas.

Before LOGAN and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges and O'CONNOR, District Judge.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal, after a court trial, from an order and judgment of the United States District Court of the District of Utah finding that plaintiffs-appellees, Ralph Shelton, administrator of the estate of Lewis Harold Shelton, and Lorraine Shelton, the sole heir of Lewis Shelton, were justified in rescinding an oil and gas lease with the defendants-appellants, Koch Industries, Inc. (Koch) and W.A. Moncrief, dba Moncrief Oil. No. 83...

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