Garvin v. Greenbank

856 F.2d 1392 RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 7037 Loran L. GARVIN and Alice F. Garvin, husband and wife, Carroll Garvin and Gale K. Garvin, husband and wife, Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. John A. GREENBANK, Defendant, and Joseph T. McDonald and Katharine McDonald, husband and wife; James A. Barnes, a single man; J. McDonald & Co., Ltd., an Arizona corporation, Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Nos. 87-2149, 87-2211. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 15, 1988. Decided Sept. 12, 1988. Robert O. Dyer, Jennings, Kepner, & Haug, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs/appellants/cross-appellees. W. Charles Thomson, Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants/appellees/cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before FARRIS, WIGGINS and TROTT, Circuit Judges. TROTT, Circuit Judge: Loran L. Garvin, his wife Alice F. Garvin, Carroll Garvin, and his wife Gale K. Garvin ("appellants, cross-appellees") appeal the district court's grant of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV") in favor of Joseph T. McDonald, his wife Katharine McDonald, James A. Barnes, John A. Greenbank,…