FIRST BANK OF OKARCHE v. LEPAK

No. 89654.

961 P.2d 194 (1998)

1998 OK 46

FIRST BANK OF OKARCHE, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. David J. LEPAK, Rob Fisher and Bob Fisher d/b/a Farmers Commission Company, Mikkelson Beef, Inc.; Perkins "Y" Livestock Auction, Inc.; First Bank & Trust Company, Defendants/Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Luttrell, III, Oklahoma City, For Defendant/Petitioner Mikkelson Beef, Inc.

Drew L. Kershen, Norman, George W. Dahnke, Michael E. Chionopoulos, Abowitz, Rhodes & Dahnke, P.C., Oklahoma City, E. Lawrence Oldfield, E. Lawrence Oldfield & Associates, Oak Brook, IL, For Defendant/Petitioner Rob Fisher.

Douglas L. Jackson, Julia C. Rieman, Gungoll, Jackson, Collins & Box, P.C., Enid, For Plaintiff/Respondent First Bank of Okarche.

Thomas G. Ferguson, Jr., Walker, Ferguson & Ferguson, Oklahoma City, Ernest H. Van Hooser, Van Hooser, Olsen & Eftink, P.C., Raymore, MO., For Amici Curiae Livestock Marketing Association et al.

Charles E. Cheatham, Oklahoma City, For Amicus Curiae Oklahoma Bankers Association.


HARGRAVE, Justice.

¶ 1 We granted certiorari to review an interlocutory order certified by the trial judge requesting immediate review pursuant to 12 O.S.1991 § 952(b)(3). Two issues are presented: 1) whether the federal Food Security Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1631, which changed the farm products rule, preempted state common law defenses to conversion in cases arising under it, and 2) whether the trial court erred in...

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