Handi Investment Company v. Mobil Oil Corporation

550 F.2d 543 HANDI INVESTMENT COMPANY, Robert M. Fridlund, Richard E. Fridlund, Everette H. Neal, Barbara Fridlund, Loretta Fridlund, and Patricia Neal, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 75-1284. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 24, 1977. G. Joseph Bertain, Jr., Timothy H. Fine, argued, W. Thomas Amen, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Jack D. Fudge, argued, McCutchen, Black, Berleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before CHAMBERS and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and CRARY, District judge. * PER CURIAM: 1 Plaintiffs-appellants, Handi Investment Company (Handi) and the individual partners in that company and their wives, appeal from the summary judgment entered herein in favor of the defendant-appellee, Mobil Oil Corporation (Mobil). As stated by Handi, the law suit involves one cause of action for usury under Article XX, § 22, of the California Constitution, and § 1916 of the California Civil Code. 2 Jurisdiction in the District Court is founded on diversity, Title 28, U.S.C. § 1332 (a).…