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042019P.pdf 03/31/2005 Michael Grassmueck v. American Shorthorn
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-2019
District of Nebraska
Civil Case - bankruptcy. Trustee brought negligence action against the
American Shorthorn Association and its executive secretary and treasurer
alleging breach of duty of care to the debtor investment partnerships, and
appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment. Under
sole actor doctrine, which applies to state jurisdictions involved as an
exception to the adverse interest rule, the negligence action against the
two defendants is barred by the doctrine of in pari delicto. [PUBLISHED]
[Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Magill, Circuit Judges]