Liberty Lake Investments, Inc. v. Harry F. Magnuson

12 F.3d 155 1993-2 Trade Cases P 70,456 LIBERTY LAKE INVESTMENTS, INC., successor in interest to Wells B. McCurdy Trust, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Wells B. McCurdy, Trustee, Plaintiff, v. Harry F. MAGNUSON and Jane Doe Magnuson; Antone Plese; Sundena Plese; Orville L. Barnes and Jane Doe Barnes; University City, Inc.; McCarthy Management and Development Company; West 514, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-35300. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1993. Decided Dec. 16, 1993. Earle J. Hereford, Jr., Culp, Guterson & Grader, Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellant. Leslie R. Weatherhead, Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, Spokane, WA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before: TANG, FARRIS, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 Liberty Lake Investments, Inc. owned property on Interstate 90 between Spokane, Washington and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, which it wished to sell to a developer for construction of a regional shopping center. It encountered various difficulties, such as signing up sufficient tenants satisfactory to the prospective…