Blue Sky L. Rep. P 71,276, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,218 Walter E. Winkelman and Paul F. Becker v. Blyth & Co., Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Respondent. Elmer G. Anderson v. Blyth Eastman Dillon & Co. (Blyth & Co., Inc.), a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Respondents

518 F.2d 530 Blue Sky L. Rep. P 71,276 , Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,218 Walter E. WINKELMAN and Paul F. Becker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BLYTH & CO., INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Respondent. Elmer G. ANDERSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BLYTH EASTMAN DILLON & CO. (Blyth & Co., Inc.), a Delaware Corporation, et al., Defendants-Respondents. No. 74-1203. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 10, 1975. Rehearing Denied July 11, 1975. William B. Murray (argued), Portland, Ore., for plaintiffs-appellants. Leigh D. Stephenson (argued), Portland, Ore., for defendant-respondent. OPINION Before KOELSCH and ELY, Circuit Judges, and VOORHEES, * District Judge. KOELSCH, Circuit Judge. 1 In these actions for violations of the federal securities laws and for common law fraud, the District Court for the District of Oregon (1) ruled that Oregon's two-year statute of limitations, Ore.Rev.Stat. § 12.110(1), and not the State's six-year statute, Ore.Rev.Stat. § 12.080, was applicable to the federal and common law claims; (2) concluded as a matter of law that the alleged fraud or deceit upon which the actions were based had been discovered by…