BLUE DANE SIMMENTAL v. AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASS'N

Nos. 98-1557, 98-1615, 98-1617, 98-1727, 98-1815.

178 F.3d 1035 (1999)

BLUE DANE SIMMENTAL CORPORATION; Roland Nuss; Ron Vlasin; Dennis Behrhorst, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION; Tom Risinger, Defendants/Appellees, John Doe, Defendant, Risinger Ranches, Inc., Defendant/Appellee. Blue Dane Simmental Corporation; Roland Nuss; Ron Vlasin; Dennis Behrhorst, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. American Simmental Association; Defendant/Appellant, Tom Risinger; John Doe; Risinger Ranches, Inc., Defendants. Blue Dane Simmental Corporation; Roland Nuss; Ron Vlasin; Dennis Behrhorst, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. American Simmental Association; Defendant, Tom Risinger, Defendant/Appellant, John Doe, Defendant, Risinger Ranches, Inc., Defendant/Appellant. Blue Dane Simmental Corporation; Roland Nuss; Ron Vlasin; Dennis Behrhorst, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. American Simmental Association; Defendant/Appellant, Tom Risinger; John Doe; Risinger Ranches, Inc., Defendants. Blue Dane Simmental Corporation; Roland Nuss; Ron Vlasin; Dennis Behrhorst, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. American Simmental Association; Defendant, Tom Risinger, Defendant/Appellant, John Doe, Defendant, Risinger Ranches, Inc., Defendant/Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed June 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joy Shiffermiller of Lincoln, NE, argued, for appellant.

Krista L. Kester, Lincoln, NE, argued (Murray Obgorn and Gene Summerlin, on the brief), for American Simmental.

Jefferson Downing, Lincoln, NE, argued (Gary L. Young, on the brief), for Risinger.

BEFORE: WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and MORRIS S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Blue Dane Simmental Corporation, Roland Nuss, Ron Vlasin, and Dennis Berhorst (plaintiffs) appeal the grant of judgment as a matter of law entered by the district court2 in favor of the American Simmental Association (ASA), Tom Risinger, and Risinger Ranches (defendants). We affirm.

I.

The ASA was organized in 1968 as a non-profit corporation for "the development, recording, registration, and promotion...

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