STEWART v. AMERICAN INTERN. OIL & GAS CO.

No. 87-1791.

845 F.2d 196 (1988)

Ronald E. STEWART; John A. Gromala; John E. Donahue; Gerald R. Harland; Keith S. Humphreys; John D. Drake; Tom Dufour; Roger Sohnrey; Oklahoma Energy Investors; S & H Diversified; Sohnrey Bros., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL OIL & GAS CO. and James A. Ragland, Defendants. MERIDIAN RESERVE OF OKLAHOMA, INC., Successor by Merger to American International Oil & Gas Company, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellant, v. LIBERTY EXPLORATION COMPANY, INC.; Robert Mills; Transworld Exploration Co.; A. Dale Smith; Orval C. White; Noble C. White; Noble Operating, Inc., Third-Party Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Welch, Bartko, Welch, Tarrant & Miller, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant/third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Robert D. Baron, Eric S. Eissenstat, Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, Oklahoma City, Okl., for third-party defendants-appellees.

Before NOONAN and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, District Judge.


KELLEHER, District Judge:

Ronald E. Stewart, et al. (the Stewart Group), sued Meridian Reserve of Oklahoma, Inc. (Meridian), alleging that Meridian had defrauded it in connection with the sale of interests in certain oil and gas leases. Meridian filed a third-party complaint against Liberty Exploration Company, Inc. (Liberty) and Transworld Exploration Company (Transworld) seeking, inter alia, indemnity and contribution for any judgment the Stewart group might...

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