Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald, Defendants, and
Wynema Anna Cross, Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.
A.M. ANDERSON; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, Joseph A. Buda, Arthur Bueche, George V.T. and Helen Burgess; Dewey J. Cali; William H. Colquhoun; S.W. Corbin; Robert B. Coburn; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; Mario DiMartino; Stella DiMartino; John M. Evans; Margaret C. Everett; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; Ralph Hart; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; Ralph Iannucci; Emily Iannucci; Milton F. Kent; Howard Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie F. Levin; John D. Lockton; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; James Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; John G. Martin; C.W. Moeller; Andrew Overby; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Bruce M. Robertson; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; A.E. Schubert; William R. Smart; E. Starr; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Ted B. Westfall, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Harry Heller; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns, Defendants, and
Wynema Anna Cross, Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.
A.M. ANDERSON; Richard J. Anton; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, E.P. Bernuth, Sophie K. Bernuth, Joseph A. Buda, George and Helen Burgess; Dewey J. Cali; Robert B. Coburn; Coburn & Libby, Inc.; Edward V. Coonan; S.W. Corbin; William H. Dennler; Mario DiMartino; Stella DiMartino; John Evans; Margaret C. Everett; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Jack Hanson; Ralph A. Hart; F.H. Holt; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Howard G. Kicherer; Elizabeth C. Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie Levin; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell McFall; James F. Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; Carl Olson; Patricia Olson; Carl Palermo; Frank Palermo; Roy T. Parker; Helen M. Reeder; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; Richard Scott; Louis P. Singer; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; G. Curtis Stewart; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; Ted B. Westfall; J. Howard Wood; Sidney Woolwich; Murray Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership, Defendants, and
Wynema Anna Cross, Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for Marcella McHenry, Merl McHenry, Fred J. Borch, David Breslauer, Joseph A. Buda; Dewey J. Cali; James Clark; Mary Clark; William H. Colquhoun; Edward V. Coonan; S.W. Corbin; William H. Dennler; Mario DiMartino; Stella DiMartino; John Evans; L.L. Ferguson; Jack Fine; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Dorothy C. Holt; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; John E. Hutchinson, III; Harold Kaplan; W.S. Jones; Howard G. Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie Levin; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch, Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; Anthony Macagna; James F. Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Charles J. Meloun; C.W. Moeller; Carl J. Olson; Patricia Olson; Thomas O. Paine; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Howard Rubenstein; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; C.S. Semple; William Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Oliver J. Troster; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Humberto Zavaleta; Murray Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Harry Heller; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William Blum; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership, Defendants, and
Wynema Anna Cross, as Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Ivan A. ANIXTER; William H. Dennler; John D. Lockton; Francis K. McCune; Ted B. Westfall; William H. Mortensen; Peter P. Luce; William D. Robertson; Bernard D. Broeker; Thomas H. Thorner; Dolly Yoshida Martin; William Grohne; James H. Leachman; Beverly H. Warren; Joseph C. Bennett, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1964 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1972 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; H.L. Fitzgerald; H.R. Smith; Frank E. Sims; John T. Lenoir; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; Jackson M. Barton; Marvin R. Barnett; Donald C. Larrabee; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; Carl E. Clay; William E. Murray; Murray, Patterson & Sharpe; Dryfoos & Company; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett; Harry Heller; William Blum; Richard A. Ganong; William D. Lewis; Lewis & Ganong; Richard A. Ganong, Inc.; Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Kent Klineman, Defendants, and
Cross and Company, Defendant-Appellant.
Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida; and Joseph C. Bennett, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Murray, Patterson & Sharpe, a partnership; Dryfoos & Company, a limited partnership; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership; William E. Murray; Kent Klineman; William Blum; Harry Heller; Richard A. Ganong; William D. Lewis; John T. Lenoir; Carl E. Clay; Jackson M. Barton; Marvin R. Barnett; Frank E. Sims; H.R. Smith; Donald C. Larrabee; Richard A. Ganong, Inc., a corporation, Defendants, and
Kothe & Eagleton, Inc., a professional corporation, Defendant-Appellant.
Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and
E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant.
Richard J. ANTON; Morrell H. Blesh; Arthur M. Bueche; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; Thomas S. Gates; Joseph H. Gauss; Margaret W. Gillespie; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; Charles M. Heiden; Dorothy C. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Richard M. Hurst; P.J. Jensen; Robert B. Keegan; Milton F. Kent; Millie B. Lassing; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; Russell W. McFall; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; Betty Jane Mills; David K. Mills; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Robert P. Strub; Estate of Vera Strub; Vernon Underwood; Hoyt Ammidon, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership; Robert S. Trippet; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr., Defendants, and
E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant.
Morrell H. BLESH; Fred J. Borch; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; F.H. Holt; D. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Gerald A. Hoyt; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; F.F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; J. Stanford Smith; C.G. Suits, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1964 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership, Defendants, and
E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant.
A.M. ANDERSON; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, Joseph A. Buda, Arthur Bueche, George V.T. Burgess, Helen Burgess; Dewey J. Cali; William H. Colquhoun; S.W. Corbin; Robert B. Coburn; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; Mario DiMartino; Stella DiMartino; John M. Evans; Margaret C. Everett; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; Ralph Hart; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; Ralph Iannucci; Emily Iannucci; Milton F. Kent; Howard Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie F. Levin; John D. Lockton; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; James Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; John G. Martin; C.W. Moeller; Andrew Overby; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Bruce M. Robertson; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; A.E. Schubert; William R. Smart; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Ted B. Westfall, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Harry Heller; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William Blum; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and
E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant.
Morrell H. BLESH; Fred J. Borch; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; Thomas S. Gates; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; F.H. Holt; D. Holt; Charles M. Heiden; Victor Holt, Jr.; Gerald A. Hoyt; John D. Lockton; Doreen B. Hoyt; Peter J. Jensen; Milton F. Kent; Millie B. Lassing; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; F.F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; J. Stanford Smith; C.G. Suits, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership, Defendants, and
E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant.
A.M. ANDERSON; Richard J. Anton; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, E.P. Bernuth, Sophie K. Bernuth, Joseph A. Buda, George and Helen Burgess; Dewey J. Cali; Robert B. Coburn; Coburn & Libby, Inc.; Edward V. Coonan; S.W. Corbin; William H. Dennler; Mario DiMartino; Stella DiMartino; John Evans; Margaret C. Everett; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Jack Hanson; Ralph Hart; F.H. Holt; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Howard G. and Elizabeth C. Kicherer, John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie Levin; John D. Lockton; D.W. and D.B. Lynch; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell McFall; James F. Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; Carl and Patricia Olson; Carl Palermo; Frank Palermo; Roy T. Parker; Helen M. Reeder; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; Richard Scott; Louis P. Singer; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; G. Curtis Stewart; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; Ted B. Westfall; J. Howard Wood; Sidney Woolwich and Murray Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Elmer M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; Norman C. Cross, Jr.; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership, Defendants, and
Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant.
A.M. ANDERSON; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, Joseph A. Buda, Arthur Bueche, George V.T. Burgess, Helen Burgess; Dewey J. Cali; William H. Colquhoun; S.W. Corbin; Robert B. Coburn; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; Mario DiMartino; Stella DiMartino; John M. Evans; Margaret C. Everett; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; Ralph Hart; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; Ralph Iannucci; Emily Iannucci; Milton F. Kent; Howard Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie F. Levin; John D. Lockton; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; James Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; John G. Martin; C.W. Moeller; Andrew Overby; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Bruce M. Robertson; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; A.E. Schubert; William R. Smart; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Ted B. Westfall, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation, Defendants, and
Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant.
A.M. ANDERSON; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, Joseph A. Buda, Arthur Bueche, George V.T. and Helen Burgess; Dewey J. Cali; William H. Colquhoun; S.W. Corbin; Robert B. Coburn; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; Mario DiMartino; Stella DiMartino; John M. Evans; Margaret C. Everett; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; Ralph Hart; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; Ralph Iannucci; Emily Iannucci; Milton F. Kent; Howard Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John B. Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie F. Levin; John D. Lockton; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; James Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; John G. Martin; C.W. Moeller; Andrew Overby; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Bruce M. Robertson; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; A.E. Schubert; William R. Smart; E. Starr; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Ted B. Westfall, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Harry Heller, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns; Wynema Anna Cross, Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and
Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant.
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for Marcella McHenry, Merl McHenry, Fred J. Borch, David Breslauer, Joseph A. Buda; Dewey J. Cali; James Clark; Mary Clark; William H. Colquhoun; Edward V. Coonan; S.W. Corbin; William H. Dennler; Mario DiMartino; Stella DiMartino; John Evans; L.L. Ferguson; Jack Fine; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Dorothy C. Holt; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; John E. Hutchinson, III; Harold Kaplan; W.S. Jones; Howard G. Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie Levin; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; Anthony Macagna; James F. Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Charles J. Meloun; C.W. Moeller; Carl J. Olson; Patricia Olson; Thomas O. Paine; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Howard Rubenstein; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; C.S. Semple; William Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Oliver J. Troster; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Humberto Zavaleta; Murray Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Harry Heller; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William Blum; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; McAffe, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns; Norman C. Cross, Jr.; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership, Defendants, and
Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant.
Richard J. ANTON; Morrell H. Blesh; Arthur M. Bueche; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; Thomas S. Gates; Joseph H. Gauss; Margaret W. Gillespie; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; Charles M. Heiden; Dorothy C. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Richard M. Hurst; P.J. Jensen; Robert B. Keegan; Milton F. Kent; Millie B. Lassing; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; Russell W. McFall; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; Betty Jane Mills; David K. Mills; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Robert P. Strub; Estate of Vera Strub; Vernon Underwood; Hoyt Ammidon, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation, Defendants, and
Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant.
Richard J. ANTON; Morrell H. Blesh; Arthur M. Bueche; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; Thomas S. Gates; Joseph H. Gauss; Margaret W. Gillespie; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; Dorothy C. Holt; Fred H. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Richard M. Hurst; P.J. Jensen; Robert B. Keegan; Milton F. Kent; Millie B. Lassing; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; Russell W. McFall; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; Betty Jane Mills; David K. Mills; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Estate of Vera Strub; Vernon Underwood; Hoyt Ammidon, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr., Defendants, and
Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant.
Morrell H. BLESH; Fred J. Borch; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; F.H. Holt; D. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Gerald A. Hoyt; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; F.F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; J. Stanford Smith; C.G. Suits, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership, Defendants, and
Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant.
Morrell H. BLESH; Fred J. Borch; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; F.H. Holt; D. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Gerald A. Hoyt; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; F.F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff, M.L. Scarff; J. Stanford Smith; C.G. Suits, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1964 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Defendants, and
Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant.
Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home- Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and
Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. (Two Cases)
Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and
Frank E. Sims, Defendant-Appellant. (Two Cases)
United States, Intervenor.
Securities and Exchange Commission, Amicus Curiae.
