Legal Opinion

Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Dan W. Shaffer

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided December 10, 1962No. 6960PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HILL, Circuit Judge.

This diversity action is here on appeal from a judgment rendered by the court below, sitting without a jury, in favor of appellee, Dan W. Shaffer, on his counterclaim against appellant, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., for breach of an alleged oral contract entitling him to purchase a certain amount of corporate stock.

Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., is the successor corporation to Riceland Corporation (hereafter referred to as Rice-land). In 1954 the Bronfman family 1 of Montreal, Canada, owned 99% of the outstanding shares of common stock in Riceland. 2 The remaining 1% of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Wells v. ShriverSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. Halsell v. Renfrow and EdwardsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
  3. Halsell v. RenfrowSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
  4. Atwood v. RoseSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  5. Halsell v. RenfrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1906

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Gff Corporation, an Oklahoma Corporation v. Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc., a Missouri CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
  2. Sellers v. SellersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
  3. Johnson v. AuranNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Khan v. BakhshNevada Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Interstate United Corporation, an Illinois Corporation v. Thomas C. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968

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