Legal Opinion
Bank of St. Louis v. Morrissey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1979No. Nos. 78-1338, 78-1367PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Chief Judge.
In this diversity case, we again consider a contract dispute which arose from the collapse of cattle prices in 1974. Previously, in Kropp v. Ziebarth, No. 78-1182 (8th Cir. February 28, 1979), we were faced with alleged breach of a contract to purchase cattle of various exotic breeds. In this case the exotic aspect is supplied by the cattlemen rather than the cattle. EFG Cattle Company (EFG) was a joint venture organized by Stephen D. Oppenheim of the New York accounting firm of Oppenheim, Appel, Dixon and Co. EFG was designed as an entity through which clients of the…
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