SILAK, Judge.
In this class action the parties dispute the ownership of bean proceeds. Appellants, a group of bean growers (the Growers), stored the beans in question in a commodities warehouse owned and operated by Hawkins Co. Ltd. (Hawkins). Respondents, Klein Bros. Ltd. (Klein), purchased the beans from Hawkins and sold and shipped the beans to subsequent buyers. Hawkins subsequently filed a Chapter 11 petition in bankruptcy. In district court, the Growers claimed...
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