Schill v. Langdon Farmers Union Oil Co.

I respectfully dissent. The majority opinion consciously confuses the distinction between findings of fact and conclusions of law.

Mary Schill sought summary judgment, showing that S & S Farms had voluntarily dissolved and that the Oil Company “maintains a policy of immediate redemption of the capital credits upon the death of a natural patron.” Citing In Re Great Plains Royalty Corporation, 471 F.2d 1261 (8th Cir.1973), Mary Schill argued that the Oil Company’s “stock retirement policy illegally discriminate[d] against [her] and violate[d] both statute as well as the contractual relationship…