JOHNSON v. HENDRICKS

Nos. 85-2708 to 85-2720.

833 F.2d 908 (1987)

James P. JOHNSON, as Equity Receiver to Collect Assets, on behalf of the Claimants of Chilcott Commodities Corporation, Chilcott Portfolio Management, Inc., Thomas D. Chilcott, d/b/a Chilcott Futures Fund, Thomas D. Chilcott, and Chilcott Futures Fund, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Don R. HENDRICKS and Betty M. Hendricks; Gary K. Hilgers and Dona M. Hilgers; Richard R. and Delores Grenfell; Vesta E. Dilts; Chester D. Huffmire and Shirley J. Huffmire; John T. and Annis L. Doto; Charles V. Roth, Jr.; Malvin M. Krinsky and Florence Krinsky; Lawrence W. Sadil and Virginia R. Sadil; Elizabeth A. Demaree, M.E. Demaree and D.C. Demaree; Rosemarie E. Sprague; Joseph Studholme and Renebelle B. Studholme; and Charles H. Pope, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Bader, Jr. (Pamela N. Hultin, and Ann L. Duckett with him on the brief), Bader & Cox, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Stuart N. Bennett (Mark J. Appelton, Roath & Brega, P.C., Denver, Colo., Shannon A. Robinson and Lynda H. Knowles, Richard J. Spelts, P.C., Denver, Colo., James R. Figg, Warkentine, Figg & Gerdes, Broomfield, Colo., J. Lawrence Hamil and Richard C. Morris, Hamil Professional Corp., Denver, Colo., Craig D. Joyce, Walters & Theis, Denver, Colo., Maurice Reuler and Robert W. Becker, Mason, Reuler and Peek Professional Corp., Denver, Colo., John A. Studholme and Fred W. Clifford, Boulder, Colo., Jeffrey L. Smith and Sheldon L. Abramson, Cohen Brame & Smith, Denver, Colo., with him on the briefs), Roath & Brega, P.C., Denver, Colo., for defendants-appellees.

Before McKAY, SEYMOUR and TACHA, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by James P. Johnson, as equity receiver on behalf of the claimants of Chilcott Commodities Corporation and various other entities, to recover amounts paid to investors in excess of their contributions. The district court granted defendant investors' motions to dismiss. Johnson v. Studholme, 619 F.Supp. 1347 (D.Colo.1985). The receiver has appealed.

We affirm substantially...

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