CONSUMERS GAS & OIL v. FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 95-1058.

84 F.3d 367 (1996)

CONSUMERS GAS & OIL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant, James L. Rainey; G.C. Matthiesen; Harry D. Cleberg; J.D. Atwood; Tim R. Daugherty; Stephen P. Dees; G.E. Evans; R.W. Honse; Earl L. Knauss; H. Wayne Rice; B.L. Sanders; and John Doe Directors 1-25, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry W. Schackmann, of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, of Kansas City, Missouri, (Barry L. Pickens and Jennifer A. Downs, of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, of Kansas City, Missouri, and Daniel F. Wake, of Daniel F. Wake, P.C., of Denver, Colorado, with him on the brief), for appellant.

Richard G. Sander, of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., of Denver, Colorado, (David S. Fein, of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., of Denver, Colorado, and Frank A. Taylor and Patrick A. Reinken, of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TACHA, HOLLOWAY, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Farmland Industries, Inc., (Farmland) appeals a contempt order issued by the district court upon its finding that Farmland breached an order approving the parties' settlement agreement. Because the order approving the agreement did not contain the provision allegedly violated by Farmland, we reverse.

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Farmland is a Kansas corporation, organized and conducting business as a regional agricultural cooperative. Consumers Oil...

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