Logan

Logan v. Tiegs

Good Law

262 F. App'x 739

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 13, 2007Nos. 05-35932, 05-35934, 05-36011, 05-36086, 06-35174, 06-35257California1,937 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Plaintiff Dennis Logan and Defendant Frank Tiegs are potato farmers, each of whom owned potato-farming businesses, potato-processing plants, and other entities. Logan’s businesses—Logan Farms II, LLC; Logan International II, LLC (“LIL”); and Western Empires Corporation—were productive but cash poor, while Tiegs’ businesses—Pasco Farming, Inc.; Oregon Potato Company (“Oregon Potato”); and Western Mortgage & Realty Company (‘Western Mortgage”)—had cash and were looking to expand. 1 Beginning in 1998, the parties were involved in a number of business transactions, including potato sales, farm leases, the sale of a processing plant, and the purchase of debt at discounted rates. These consolidated cases arise out of disputes concerning various of those transactions. The district court granted summary judgment on the claims now before this court, and both parties appeal.

We review de novo a grant of summary judgment. Qwest Commc’ns Inc. v. City of Berkeley, 433 F.3d 1253 , 1256 (9th Cir. 2006). Likewise, we review de novo the district court’s application of Oregon law in this diversity action. Prieto v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 354 F.3d 1005, 1010 (9th Cir.2004).

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Parties

Dennis LOGAN Western Empires Corporation Logan Farms, Inc., an Oregon corporation Logan Farms II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company Logan International II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company—
Plaintiff
Frank TIEGS Western Mortgage & Realty Company, a Washington corporation Pasco Farming, Inc., a Washington corporation—. Oregon Potato Company, an Oregon corporation— v. Logan International II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company Logan Farms II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company Western Empires Corporation, an Oregon corporation— v. Dennis Logan Logan International II, LLC, Third-party-— v. Baker Produce, Inc. Western Mortgage & Realty Company Frank Tiegs, Third-party-— Dennis Logan Western Empires Corporation Logan Farms, Inc., an Oregon corporation Logan Farms II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company Logan International II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company— v. Frank Tiegs Western Mortgage & Realty Company, a Washington corporation Pasco Farming, Inc., a Washington corporation—, and Hamilton Street Shipping Company, an Oregon corporation, Counter-. Oregon Potato Company, an Oregon corporation— v. Logan International II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company Logan Farms II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, and Western Empires Corporation, an Oregon corporation— v. Dennis Logan, Third-party-—, and Logan International II, LLC, Third-party- v. Baker Produce, Inc. Western Mortgage & Realty Company Frank Tiegs, Third-party-—. Oregon Potato Company, an Oregon corporation— v. Logan International II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company Logan Farms II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company—, and Western Empires Corporation, an Oregon corporation v. Dennis Logan Logan International II, LLC, Third-party-— v. Baker Produce, Inc. Western Mortgage & Realty Company Frank Tiegs, Third-party-— Dennis Logan Western Empires Corporation Logan Farms, Inc., an Oregon corporation Logan Farms II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company Logan International II, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company— v. Frank Tiegs Western Mortgage & Realty Company, a Washington corporation Pasco Farming, Inc., a Washington corporation—
Defendant

Judges

Callaban
Graber
Scannlain

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