Blue Sky L. Rep. P 71,223, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,220 Berry Petroleum Company, an Arkansas Corp. (Dissolved) v. Adams & Peck

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment entered August 19, 1974, in the Southern District which dismissed their class-action complaint. They argue that the district court erred in concluding, inter alia, that their action was barred by the statute of limitations and that all but four of the named plaintiffs were also barred by the res judicata effect of a prior judgment with respect to 20 of the 28 defendants. We affirm the dismissal of the complaint.

This is a class-action suit which was brought December 15, 1972, in the Northern District of Texas. Berry Petroleum Co.…