Legal Opinion
Betty R. Hildebrand and Floyd Hildebrand v. Dart Industries, Inc., and Vanda Beauty Counselor, a Subsidiary or Division of Dart Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1981No. 78-1852PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Betty R. and Floyd Hildebrand appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants Dart Industries, Inc., and its division, Vanda Beauty Counselor (Vanda). The central issue on appeal is whether the court properly ruled that res judicata or estoppel barred the Hildebrands’ suit.
The Hildebrands filed a complaint against defendants in federal district court for the Western District of Oklahoma on June 3, 1976. The complaint alleged that on January 14, 1968, Vanda falsely and fraudulently induced the Hildebrands to enter a distributorship…
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