SOUTHLAND CORP. v. EMERALD OIL CO.

No. 85-5657.

789 F.2d 1441 (1986)

The SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, a Texas corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EMERALD OIL COMPANY, etc., et al., Defendants, and Charles E. Thomas Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted March 31, 1986.

Decided May 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Jordan, Thomas Arafe, Solish, Jordan, & Wiener, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Phillip Kelly, Tony L. Cogliandro, Kelly & Graham, Torrance, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before KENNEDY, SKOPIL and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff/appellant The Southland Corporation (hereinafter Southland) appeals in part from a judgment that defendants/appellees Jack Smith, Emerald Oil, Inc. (hereinafter Emerald), Jerry Thomas, and Charles E. Thomas Company (hereinafter CTC) are not liable for fraud and conversion and Thomas and CTC are liable only for nominal damages for trespass. Southland contends on appeal on that the district court erred in concluding that: (1) a lease...

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