ANIXTER v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION CO.

Nos. 90-5040 to 90-5049, 90-5051, 90-5053, 90-5055 to 90-5059 and 90-5062 to 90-5067.

939 F.2d 1420 (1991)

Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald, Defendants, and Wynema Anna Cross, Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants-Appellants. A.M. ANDERSON; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, Joseph A. Buda, Arthur Bueche, George V.T. and Helen Burgess; Dewey J. Cali; William H. Colquhoun; S.W. Corbin; Robert B. Coburn; Vigil B. Day; William H. Dennler; Mario Dimartino; Stella Dimartino; John M. Evans; Margaret C. Everett; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; Ralph Hart; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; Ralph Iannucci; Emily Iannucci; Milton F. Kent; Howard Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie F. Levin; John D. Lockton; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; James Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; John G. Martin; C.W. Moeller; Andrew Overby; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Bruce M. Robertson; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; A.E. Schubert; William R. Smart; E. Starr; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Ted B. Westfall, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Harry Heller; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns, Defendants, and Wynema Anna Cross, Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants-Appellants. A.M. ANDERSON; Richard J. Anton; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, E.P. Bernuth, Sophie K. Bernuth, Joseph A. Buda, George and Helen Burgess; Dewey Cali; Robert B. Coburn; Coburn & Libby, Inc.; Edward V. Coonan; S.W. Corbin; William H. Dennler; Mario Dimartino; Stella Dimartino; John Evans; Margaret C. Everett; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Jack Hanson; Ralph Hart; F.H. Holt; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Howard G. Kicherer; Elizabeth C. Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie Levin; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell McFall; James F. Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; Carl Olson; Patricia Olson; Carl Palermo; Frank Palermo; Roy T. Parker; Helen M. Reeder; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; Richard Scott; Louis P. Singer; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; G. Curtis Stewart; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; Ted B. Westfall; J. Howard Wood; Sidney Woolwich; Murray Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership, Defendants, and Wynema Anna Cross, Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for Marcella McHenry, Merl McHenry, Fred J. Borch, David Breslauer, Joseph A. Buda; Dewey Cali; James Clark; Mary Clark; William H. Colquhoun; Edward V. Coonan; S.W. Corbin; William H. Dennler; Mario Dimartino; Stella Dimartino; John Evans; L.L. Ferguson; Jack Fine; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Dorothy C. Holt; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; John E. Hutchinson, III; Harold Kaplan; W.S. Jones; Howard G. Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie Levin; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch, Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; Anthony Macagna; James F. Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicolas A. Marchese; Charles J. Meloun; C.W. Moeller; Carl J. Olson; Patricia Olson; Thomas O. Paine; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Howard Rubenstein; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; C.S. Semple; William Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Oliver J. Troster; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Humberto Zavaleta; Murray Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Harry Heller; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William Blum; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; McAffe, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership, Defendants, and Wynema Anna Cross, as Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. Ivan A. ANIXTER; William H. Dennler; John D. Lockton; Francis K. McCune; Ted B. Westfall; William H. Mortensen; Peter P. Luce; William D. Robertson; Bernard D. Broeker; Thomas H. Thorner; Dolly Yoshida Martin; William Grohne; James H. Leachman; Beverly H. Warren; Joseph C. Bennett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1964 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1972 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; H.L. Fitzgerald; H.R. Smith; Frank E. Sims; John T. Lenoir; Thomas A. Landrith; E.M. Kunkel; Jackson M. Barton; Marvin R. Barnett; Donald C. Larrabee; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; Carl A. Clay; William E. Murray; Murray, Patterson & Sharpe; Dryfoos & Company; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett; Harry Heller; William Blum; Richard A. Ganong; William D. Lewis; Lewis & Ganong; Richard A. Ganong, Inc.; Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Kent Klineman, Defendants, and Cross and Company, Defendant-Appellant. Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida; and Joseph C. Bennett, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Murray, Patterson & Sharpe, a partnership; Dryfoos & Company, a limited partnership; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership; William E. Murray; Kent Klineman; William Blum; Harry Heller; Richard A. Ganong; William D. Lewis; John T. Lenoir; Carl E. Clay; Jackson M. Barton; Marvin R. Barnett; Frank E. Sims; H.R. Smith; Donald C. Larrabee; Richard A. Ganong, Inc., a corporation, Defendants, and Kothe & Eagleton, Inc., a professional corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Thomas A. Landrith; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant. Richard J. ANTON; Morrell H. Blesh; Arthur M. Bueche; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; Thomas S. Gates; Joseph H. Gauss; Margaret W. Gillespie; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Ralph Hart; Charles M. Heiden; Dorothy C. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Richard M. Hurst; P.J. Jensen; Robert B. Keegan; Milton F. Kent; Millie B. Lassing; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; Russell W. McFall; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; Betty Jane Mills; David K. Mills; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Robert P. Strub; Estate of Vera Strub; Vernon Underwood; Hoyt Ammidon, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership; Robert S. Trippet; Thomas A. Landrith, Defendants, and E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant. Morrell H. BLESH; Fred J. Borch; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; F.H. Holt; D. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Gerald A. Hoyt; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; F.F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; J. Stanford Smith; C.G. Suits, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1964 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership, Defendants, and E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant. A.M. ANDERSON; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, Joseph A. Buda, Arthur Bueche, George V.T. Burgess, Helen Burgess; Dewy I. Cali; William H. Colquhoun; S.W. Corbin; Robert B. Coburn; Vigil B. Day; William H. Dennler; Mario Dimartino; Stella Dimartino; John M. Evans; Margaret C. Everett; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; Ralph Hart; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; Ralph Iannucci; Emily Iannucci; Milton F. Kent; Howard Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie F. Levin; John D. Lockton; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; James Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; John G. Martin; C.W. Moeller; Andrew Overby; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Bruce M. Robertson; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; A.E. Schubert; William R. Smart; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Ted B. Westfall, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Harry Heller; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William Blum; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant. Morrell H. BLESH; Fred J. Borch; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; Thomas S. Gates; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; F.H. Holt; D. Holt; Charles M. Heiden; Victor Holt, Jr.; Gerald A. Hoyt; John D. Lockton; Doreen B. Hoyt; Peter J. Jensen; Milton F. Kent; Millie B. Lassing; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; F.F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; J. Stanford Smith; C.G. Suits, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership, Defendants, and E.M. Kunkel, Defendant-Appellant. A.M. ANDERSON; Richard J. Anton; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, E.P. Bernuth, Sophie K. Bernuth, Joseph A. Buda, George and Helen Burgess; Dewey Cali; Robert B. Coburn; Coburn & Libby, Inc.; Edward V. Coonan; S.W. Corbin; William H. Dennler; Mario Dimartino; Stella Dimartino; John Evans; Margaret C. Everett; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Jack Hanson; Ralph Hart; F.H. Holt; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Howard G. and Elizabeth C. Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie Levin; John D. Lockton; D.W. and D.B. Lynch; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell McFall; James F. Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; Carl and Patricia Olson; Carl Palermo; Frank Palermo; Roy T. Parker; Helen M. Reeder; D.C. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; Richard Scott; Louis P. Singer; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; G. Curtis Stewart; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; Ted B. Westfall; J. Howard Wood; Sidney Woolwich and Murray Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Elmer M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; Norman C. Cross, Jr.; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership, Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. A.M. ANDERSON; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, Joseph A. Buda, Arthur Bueche, George V.T. Burgess, Helen Burgess; Dewy I. Cali; William H. Colquhoun; S.W. Corbin; Robert B. Coburn; Vigil B. Day; William H. Dennler; Mario Dimartino; Stella Dimartino; John M. Evans; Margaret C. Everett; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; Ralph Hart; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; Ralph Iannucci; Emily Iannucci; Milton F. Kent; Howard Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie F. Levin; John D. Lockton; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; James Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; John G. Martin; C.W. Moeller; Andrew Overby; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Bruce M. Robertson; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; A.E. Schubert; William R. Smart; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Ted B. Westfall, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation, Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. A.M. ANDERSON; Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Trustee for Merl McHenry, Joseph A. Buda, Arthur Bueche, George V.T. and Helen Burgess; Dewey J. Cali; William H. Colquhoun; S.W. Corbin; Robert B. Coburn; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; Mario Dimartino; Stella Dimartino; John M. Evans; Margaret C. Everett; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; Ralph Hart; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; Ralph Iannucci; Emily Iannucci; Milton F. Kent; Howard Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John B. Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie F. Levin; John D. Lockton; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; James Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Stanley A. Marks; John G. Martin; C.W. Moeller; Andrew Overby; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Bruce M. Robertson; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; A.E. Schubert; William R. Smart; E. Starr; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Paul Townsend; Vernon Underwood; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Ted B. Westfall, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Harry Heller, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns; Wynema Anna Cross, Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for Marcella McHenry, Merl McHenry, Fred J. Borch, David Breslauer, Joseph A. Buda; Dewey Cali; James Clark; Mary Clark; William H. Colquhoun; Edward V. Coonan; S.W. Corbin; William H. Dennler; Mario Dimartino; Stella Dimartino; John Evans; L.L. Ferguson; Jack Fine; Isador H. Finkelstein; Joseph H. Gauss; H.W. Gouldthorpe; James J. Hayes; Earl D. Hilburn; Dorothy C. Holt; Joseph E. Horak; Gerald A. Hoyt; Richard M. Hurst; John E. Hutchinson, III; Harold Kaplan; W.S. Jones; Howard G. Kicherer; Elizabeth Kicherer; John Kokoszka; Millie B. Lassing; Joseph Levin; Marie Levin; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; Dennis G. Lyons; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Russell W. McFall; Anthony Macagna; James F. Madden; Albert Manganelli; Nicholas A. Marchese; Charles J. Meloun; C.W. Moeller; Carl J. Olson; Patricia Olson; Thomas O. Paine; Carl E. Palermo; Frank A. Palermo; Roy T. Parker, Jr.; Howard Rubenstein; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; C.S. Semple; William Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Janet G. Stewart; Gerald Toomey; Oliver J. Troster; H.B. Waldron, Jr.; Humberto Zavaleta; Murray Zimmerman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Harry Heller; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William Blum; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; McAffe, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks, and Woodruff, a professional corporation and its professional employees and attorneys and partners, their successors and assigns; Norman C. Cross, Jr.; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership, Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. Richard J. ANTON; Morrell H. Blesh; Arthur M. Bueche; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; Thomas S. Gates; Joseph H. Gauss; Margaret W. Gillespie; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; Charles M. Heiden; Dorothy C. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Richard M. Hurst; P.J. Jensen; Robert B. Keegan; Milton F. Kent; Millie B. Lassing; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; Russell W. McFall; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; Betty Jane Mills; David K. Mills; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Robert P. Strub; Estate of Vera Strub; Vernon Underwood; Hoyt Ammidon, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation, Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. Richard J. ANTON; Morrell H. Blesh; Arthur M. Bueche; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; Thomas S. Gates; Joseph H. Gauss; Margaret W. Gillespie; H.W. Gouldthorpe; George L. Haller; Ralph Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Richard M. Hurst; P.J. Jensen; Robert B. Keegan; Milton F. Kent; Millie B. Lassing; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; Ferdinand F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; Russell W. McFall; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; Betty Jane Mills; David K. Mills; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; William R. Smart; J. Stanford Smith; Estate of Vera Strub; Vernon Underwood; Hoyt Ammidon, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership; William D. Lewis; Richard A. Ganong; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Lewis & Ganong, a partnership; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith, Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. Morrell H. BLESH; Fred J. Borch; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; F.H. Holt; D. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Gerald A. Hoyt; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; F.F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; J. Stanford Smith; C.G. Suits, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, a partnership, Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. Morrell H. BLESH; Fred J. Borch; S.W. Corbin; Virgil B. Day; William H. Dennler; L.L. Ferguson; Isador H. Finkelstein; George L. Haller; Ralph A. Hart; F.H. Holt; D. Holt; Victor Holt, Jr.; Gerald A. Hoyt; John D. Lockton; D.W. Lynch; D.B. Lynch; F.F. McAllister; Francis K. McCune; John G. Martin; H.D. Meader; C.W. Moeller; William H. Mortensen; D.D. Scarff; M.L. Scarff; J. Stanford Smith; C.G. Suits, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1964 Program Operating Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Thomas A. Landrith, Jr.; E.M. Kunkel; Harry Heller; William Blum; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and Robert S. Trippet, Defendant-Appellant. Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and Frank E. Sims, Defendant-Appellant. Ivan A. ANIXTER; Blanche Dickenson; Dolly K. Yoshida, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOME-STAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY, an Oklahoma corporation; Home-Stake 1971 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1970 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1969 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1968 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1967 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1966 Program Operating Corporation; Home-Stake 1965 Program Operating Corporation; Robert S. Trippet; E.M. Kunkel; Thomas A. Landrith; J.D. Metcalfe; H.B. Gutelius; H.L. Fitzgerald; Norman C. Cross, Jr., Defendants, and Frank E. Sims, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Steele, Denver, Colo., and Thomas M. Affeldt, co-counsel, (C.B. Savage, with him on the briefs), of Savage, O'Donnell, Scott, McNulty & Affeldt, Tulsa, Okl., for defendant-appellant E.M. Kunkle.

B. Hayden Crawford (Kyle B. Haskins, with him on the briefs), of Crawford, Crowe & Bainbridge, P.A., Tulsa, Okl., for defendants-appellants Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Wynema Anna Cross, Executrix of the Estate of Norman C. Cross, Jr.; and Cross and Co.

Stan P. Doyle (James C. Thomas, with him on the briefs), of Doyle & Harris, Tulsa, Okl., for defendant-appellant Kothe & Eagleton, Inc., a professional corp.

Peter Van N. Lockwood of Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, D.C., (Elihu Inselbuch of Caplin & Drysdale, New York City; William A. Wineberg and Michael R. Simmonds of Broad, Schulz, Larson & Wineberg, San Francisco, Cal., and William H. Hinkle, Tulsa, Okl., with him on the briefs), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Frank E. Sims, pro se.

Robert S. Trippet, pro se.

Before MOORE, ANDERSON and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.


JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Despite the many issues raised in these consolidated appeals, a single question of law predominates our review. After study of the statutory scheme, the briefs, and record, we conclude the only question before us is whether this action was barred by the untimely filing of the original complaint under Section 13 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 77m. We hold that it was and...

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