Legal Opinion
Superior Oil Co. v. Fulmer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1986No. Nos. 84-2511, 84-2561PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WANGELIN, Senior District Judge.
This is an appeal from a jury-tried case. The jury found for plaintiff, Superior Oil Company, and against the defendants, Huey Fulmer, James Branch, and Roy Nichols. It returned a verdict on the claim for wrongful conversion in the amount of $145,125.00, on the claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in the amount of $25,000.00, and against defendant Fulmer alone on a compressor rental claim in the amount of $26,397.70. The court trebled the RICO award.
I. BACKGROUND.
Huey Fulmer was an employee for Austral Oil Company (Austral).…
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